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200-201 Practice Question: Drag and drop the steps to perform a password…
Drag and drop the steps to perform a password recovery on a Cisco IOS router into the correct order.
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Enter ROMmon, change confreg to 0x2142, reset router, boot router, restore config and change password
Password recovery: enter ROMmon, change confreg, reset, boot, then restore config and change password.
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Enter ROMmon, change confreg to 0x2142, reset router, boot router, restore config and change password
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because you must first enter ROMmon to access the bootloader, then change the configuration register to ignore the startup config, reset to apply the change, boot the router without loading the startup config, and finally restore the config and change the password.
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Reset router, boot router, change confreg to 0x2142, enter ROMmon, restore config and change password
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because you cannot change the configuration register after resetting and booting; the register change must occur in ROMmon before the reset to take effect.
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Change confreg to 0x2142, enter ROMmon, reset router, boot router, restore config and change password
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because you must be in ROMmon to change the configuration register; you cannot change it before entering ROMmon.
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Boot router, reset router, enter ROMmon, change confreg to 0x2142, restore config and change password
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because booting occurs after reset, and entering ROMmon is the first step, not after booting.
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