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Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
Recovering a Lost Password
This section describes how to recover a lost enable or enable secret password. The process of recovering a password consists of the following major steps:
•Change the Configuration Register
•Reset the Router
•Reset the Password (for lost enable secret passwords only)
•Reset the Configuration Register Value
Note See the “Hot Tips” section on Cisco Connection Online (CCO) for additional information on replacing enable secret passwords.
Change the Configuration Register
Step 1 Connect an ASCII terminal or a PC running a
Step 2 Configure the terminal to operate at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit.
Step 3 Reboot the router by pressing the power switch to the
OFF position, then to the ON ( ) position.
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