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Cisco Certified Network Associate }

Lab 10.3
Router Password Recovery

Step 1 Enter the ROM Monitor mode


Turn the router off, wait a few seconds and turn it back on. When the router starts displaying “System
Bootstrap, Version …” on the HyperTerminal screen, press the Ctrl key and the Break key together. The
router will boot in ROM monitor mode. Depending on the router hardware, one of several prompts such as:
"rommon 1 >" or simply “>” may show

Step 2 Change the configuration register setting to boot without loading configuration file
rommon 2 > confreg 0x2142

Step 3 Restart Router


a. From the ROM Monitor mode, type reset or power cycle the router.
rommon 3 > reset

b. Due to the new configuration register setting, the router will not load the configuration file. The system
prompts:
"Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes]:"
Enter no and press Enter.

Step 4 Enter Privileged EXEC mode and change password


a. Use the command copy startup-config running-config to restore the existing configuration. Since the user
is already in privileged EXEC no password is needed.

b. Type configure terminal to enter the global configuration mode.

c. In the global configuration mode type enable secret cisco to change the secret password.

d. While still in the global configuration mode, type config-register xxxxxxx.


xxxxxxx is the original configuration register value. Press Enter.

e. Use the Ctrl z combination to return to the privileged EXEC mode.

f. Use the copy running-config startup-config command to save the new configuration.

g. Before restarting the router, verify the new configuration setting. From the privileged EXEC
Prompt, enter the show version command and press Enter.

h. Verify that the last line of the output reads: Configuration register is 0x2142 (will be 0x2102
At next reload).

i. Use the reload command to restart the router.

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