Cisco 1941W Configuration Manual page 304

Disabling the Mode Button Function
This command disables password recovery. If you lose the privileged EXEC mode password for the
Caution
access point after entering this command, you will need to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) to regain access to the access point command line interface (CLI).
To reboot the wireless device, use the service-module wlan-ap reset command from the Cisco IOS CLI.
Note
See the
The mode button is enabled by default. To disable the access point's mode button, Follow these steps,
beginning in privileged EXEC mode.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
2.
3.
DETAILED STEPS
Command
Step 1 configure terminal
Step 2
no boot mode-button
Step 3 end
You can check the status of the mode button by executing the show boot or show boot mode-button
command in privileged EXEC mode. The status does not appear in the running configuration. The
following shows typical responses 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
ap#show boot mode-button
on
ap#
As long as the privileged EXEC password is known, you can use the boot mode-button command to
Note
restore the mode button to normal operation.
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"Rebooting the Wireless Device" section on page 314
configure terminal
no boot mode-button
end
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Disables the access point's mode button.
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Note
buffer size: 32768
for information about this command.
It is not necessary to save the configuration.
Chapter Administering the Wireless Device