HOW TO RESET PASSWORD For CISCO 1941/K9 ?

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How To Reset Password For Cisco 1941/K9 Router ?
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Why you need reset Cisco 1941 router

• It is common scenario that people forget their
  password for accessing their router. It causes a
  great deal of inconvenience and is really
  unnerving. But one should not get panic stricken
  as there is a way to recover your password at the
  expense of loss of all the previous
  configurations.
• Cisco 1941 router provide unparalleled total cost
  of ownership savings and network agility through
  the intelligent integration of market leading
  security,unified communications,wireless,and
  application services. With those ten steps, you
  can easy reset CISCO 1941/K9 password.

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Following the easy way to reset Cisco router

• The enable password password can be recovered,
  but the enable secret password is encrypted and
  must be replaced with a new password. Use the
  procedure described in this document in order to
  replace the enable secret password. Following is
  an easy step by step guide to recover your
  password for CISCO 1941/K9 and relieve yourself
  out of such situation
• 1. First of all you would need to connect your PC
  to the router. Use the console port or Auxiliary
  port of router to connect. If you are not
  familiar with the cabling of your router, you
  should consult the cabling manual included with
  the purchase of router.
• 2. Now you need to record the configuration
  register settings. That can be accomplished by
  using the Show Version command which would show
  you configuration register setting as 0x2102 or
  0x102. If by any means you are not being able to
  access your router, you can assume the value to
  be 0x2102.

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• 3. Now you would be required to turn off the
  router and turn it back on.
• 4. After you observe the message Program load
  complete, you would be required to press BREAK
  two to three times on the terminal keyboard. This
  would bring the values of entry point and size
  for ROMMON. Note them.
• 5. Now you will observe a prompt rommon 1gt.
  Type confreg 0x2142 or the configuration
  register value you obtained in step 2 to boot
  from flash.
• 6. Reset the router by typing RESET in the
  prompt.
• 7. Now you would be greeted with setup questions
  on the restart. Skip them by pressing Ctrl-C.
• 8. Now type enable at the Routergt prompt to
  enter privilege mode.
• 9. Now you would be required to enter configure
  memory in the prompt to copy the NVRAM to the
  memory. Make sure you dont enter Copy run
  start as it would erase your startup
  configuration.
• 10. Now you can enter the configuration mode by
  typing configure terminal and set your
  passwords as you required.

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