CCNA Portable Command Guide, Second Edition

Chapter 17. Password-Recovery Procedures and the Configuration Register

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• The configuration register

  —A visual representation

  —What the bits mean

  —The boot field

  —Console terminal baud rate settings

  —Changing the console line speed: CLI

  —Changing the console line speed: ROM Monitor mode

• Password-recovery procedures for Cisco routers
• Password-recovery procedures for 2960 series switches

The Configuration Register

A Visual Representation

The configuration register is a 16-bit field stored in NVRAM. The bits are numbered from 15 to 0 looking at the bit stream from ...