Cisco Cisco Aironet 1040 Series Access Point
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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Chapter 5 Administering the Access Point
Disabling the Mode Button
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.
mode-button command. This command prevents password recovery and is used to prevent unauthorized
users from gaining access to the access point CLI.
Caution
This command disables password recovery. If you lose the privileged EXEC mode password for the
access point after entering this command, you will need to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) to regain access to the access point CLI.
access point after entering this command, you will need to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) to regain access to the access point CLI.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Note
It is not necessary to save the configuration.
The mode button is enabled by default. Beginning in the privilege EXEC mode, follow these steps to
disable the access point mode button.
disable the access point mode button.
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:
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
ap#show boot mode-button
on
ap#
Note
As long as the privileged EXEC password is known, you can restore the mode button to normal operation
using the boot mode-button command.
using the boot mode-button command.
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
no boot mode-button
Disables the access point mode button.
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