Cisco Router Password Reset
How to Reset Cisco Router Password? Here is the step by step procedure to reset cisco router and switch password Follow these simple steps to complete the process of recovering your Cisco Router password. 1. First, you should try to shut down the Cisco Router. 2. Then try to remove the compact flash which is ON the rear of your router. Then switch ON the router. 3. Once your router is on bootstrap or “(Rommon) mode”, reinsert the compact flash. 4. Next, write config or “confreg 0x2142” at the “bootstrap 1>” prompt to boot from Flash. This step detours the startup configuration where the passwords are stored. Mainly, “0x2102” is the factory-default configuration register value. 5. Type reset at the prompt. Then your router reboots but ignores the saved configuration. 6. Next, press “Ctrl-C” to bounce the original setup process. 7. Now, you need to type enable at the “Router>” prompt, so you’re in enable mode and should see the “Router#” prompt