Disabling The Mode Button - Allen-Bradley Stratix 5100 User Manual

Chapter 6 Administering the WAP Access

Disabling the Mode Button

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You can disable the mode button on access points having a console port by using
the
[no] boot mode-button
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
IMPORTANT
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.
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 mode-button
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
Rockwell Automation Publication 1783-UM006A-EN-P - May 2014
command. This command prevents password
commands in the privileged EXEC mode. The
boot mode-button
or
show boot
command.