Disabling the mode button – Rockwell Automation 1783-WAPxxx Stratix 5100 Wireless Access Point User Manual User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 1783-UM006A-EN-P - May 2014

Chapter 6

Administering the WAP Access

Disabling the Mode Button

You can disable the mode button on access points having a console port by using
the

[no] boot mode-button

command. This command prevents password

recovery and is used to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to the
access point CLI.

The mode button is enabled by default. Beginning in the privilege EXEC mode,
follow these steps to disable the access point mode button.

1. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

2. Disables the access point mode button.

no boot mode-button

3. It is not necessary to save the configuration.

end

You can check the status of the mode-button by executing the

show boot

or

show boot mode-button

commands in the privileged EXEC mode. The

status does not appear in the running configuration. The following shows a
typical response to the

show boot and show boot mode-button

commands:

ap#show boot

BOOT path-list: flash:/c1200-k9w7-mx-

v123_7_ja.20050430/c1200-k9w7-mx.v123_7_ja.20050430

Config file: flash:/config.txt

Private Config file: flash:/private-config

Enable Break: no

Manual boot:no

Mode button:on

Enable IOS break: no

HELPER path-list:

NVRAM/Config file

buffer size: 32768

ap#show boot mode-button

on

ap#

As long as the privileged EXEC password is known, you can restore the mode
button to normal operation by using the

boot mode-button

command.

IMPORTANT

This command disables password recovery. If you lose the privileged EXEC
mode password for the access point after entering this command, you need to
contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to regain access to the
access point CLI.

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