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Cisco 1600 Series Router Hardware Installation Guide
Recovering a Lost Enable Password
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Recovering a Lost Enable Password
This section describes how to recover a lost enable password.
Note You can recover a lost enable password, but not an enable secret password. This
password is encrypted and must be replaced with a new enable secret password. See the
“Hot Tips” section on Cisco Connection Online (CCO) for information on replacing enable
secret passwords.
Follow these steps to recover a lost enable password:
Step 1
Connect an ASCII terminal or a PC running a terminal-emulation program to the
CONSOLE port on the rear panel of the router. Refer to the section “Connecting
the Console Port” in the “Installing the Router” chapter.
Step 2
Configure the terminal to operate at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and
1 stop bit.
Step 3
Reboot the router.
Step 4
At the user EXEC prompt (Router>), enter the show version command to
display the existing configuration register value:
Router> show version
Step 5
Record the setting of the configuration register. It is usually 0x2102 or 0x102.
Step 6
Record the break setting.
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Break enabled—bit 8 is set to 0.
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Break disabled (default setting)—bit 8 is set to 1.
Note To enable break, enter the config-register 0x01 EXEC command.