How do I recover the password on a Cisco router without losing its configuration?

Learn how to change the configuration register so that a router password can be recovered without losing any configurations.

By John Pickard
May 30, 2017
Screen from "How do I recover the password on a Cisco router without losing its configuration?" Screen from "How do I recover the password on a Cisco router without losing its configuration?" (source: O'Reilly)

Learn how to enter ROMmon mode to change the configuration register on a Cisco router and reset a password without losing router configurations. Network engineering expert, John Pickard, takes you through the process in a clear, step-by-step approach.


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