What are the 4 steps to prepare the device to recover a lost router password?

What are the 4 steps to prepare the device to recover a lost router password?



Step 1: Connect to the console port.

Step 2: If you have access to user EXEC mode. 

Type show version at the prompt, and record the configuration register setting. 

The configuration register is usually set to 0x2102. 

If you can no longer access user EXEC, you can assume it is set to 0x2102.

Step 3: Use the power switch to turn off the router, and then turn the router back on.

Step 4: Press Break on the terminal keyboard within 60 seconds of power up to put the router into ROMmon.


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