Recovering a Lost Password
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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:
•Changing the Configuration Register
•Resetting the Router
•Resetting the Password (for lost enable secret passwords only)
•Resetting the Configuration Register Value
Note See the “Hot Tips” section on Cisco Connection Online (CCO) for additional information on replacing enable secret passwords.
Changing the Configuration Register
Follow these steps to 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, and then to the on ( ) position.
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