Cisco Cisco Aironet 1552WU Outdoor Access Point

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.

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.

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.

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

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BOOT path-list: flash:/c1200-k9w7-mx-v123_7_ja.20050430/c1200-k9w7-mx.v123_7_ja.20050430

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Config file: flash:/config.txt

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Private Config file: flash:/private-config

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Enable Break: no

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Manual boot:no

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Mode button:on

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Enable IOS break: no

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HELPER path-list:

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NVRAM/Config file

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buffer size: 32768

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ap#show boot mode-button

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on

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ap#

As long as the privileged EXEC password is known, you can restore the mode button to normal operation 
using the boot mode-button command. 

Enter global configuration mode.

Disables the access point mode button.