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Hello I lost the passwords for my Cisco 881w and internal Access Point. I used the procedure here to reset the password on the router by booting into rommon and changing confreg to 0x2142. This allowed me to boot into the router without dumping the saved config. Now I can telnet/SSH into the router just fine, but still do not have access to the AP.

I know that I can reset the AP but this one has a rather complex config and I would rather not just reset it.

How do I reset the AP password without overwriting the existing config?

ThomasMcLeod
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Actually there is no way to do a password recovery on embedded AP, only a password reset. this is achieved by resetting AP back to factory default which I laid out above. I know this isn't the answer they were looking for but this is per Cisco wireless TAC.

Steve Di Bias
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Try cisco/cisco or Cisco/Cisco first. If that doesn't work reset to defualt config and start over like this:

VHSLAS1-TST-1#service-module wlan-ap 0 reset default-config VHSLASTEST-1#service-module wlan-ap 0 session
Trying 192.168.104.1, 2002 ... Open

#

File "flash:/ap801-k9w7-mx.124-25d.JA1/ap801-k9w7-mx.124-25d.JA1" uncompressed and installed, entry point: 0x3000 executing...

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Proceeding with system init

Proceeding to unmask interrupts Initializing flashfs... FLASH CHIP: Spansion Mirrorbit (0001)

flashfs[1]: 150 files, 7 directories flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 31223808 flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 6587904 flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 24635904 flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 5 seconds. flashfs[1]: Initialization complete....done Initializing flashfs.

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cisco AP801GN-A-K9 (PowerPC 8343) processor (revision B0) with 49142K/16384K bytes of memory. Processor board ID FTX171384FU PowerPC 8343 CPU at 400Mhz, revision number 0x0031 Last reset from power-on 1 Gigabit Ethernet interface 1 802.11 Radio(s)

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory. Base ethernet MAC Address: 2C:54:2D:B9:C2:B4 Part Number : 73-11027-11 PCA Assembly Number : 800-28807-11 PCA Revision Number : B0 PCB Serial Number : FOC16523EC2 Top Assembly Part Number : 800-29553-06 Top Assembly Serial Number : FTX171384FU Top Revision Number : E0 Product/Model Number : AP801GN-A-K9

% Password change notice.

Default username/password setup on AP is cisco/cisco with privilege level 15. It is strongly suggested that you create a new username with privilege level 15 using the following command for console security.

username privilege 15 secret 0 no username cisco

Replace and with the username and password you want to use. After you change your username/password you can turn off this message by configuring "no banner login" and "no banner exec" in privileged mode.

User Access Verification

Username: cisco Password:

% Password change notice.

Default username/password setup on AP is cisco/cisco with privilege level 15. It is strongly suggested that you create a new username with privilege level 15 using the following command for console security.

username privilege 15 secret 0 no username cisco

Replace and with the username and password you want to use. After you change your username/password you can turn off this message by configuring "no banner login" and "no banner exec" in privileged mode.

ap#

Press RETURN to get started!

Steve Di Bias
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  • Thanks, but 98% of this answer don't seem to apply to the question at all. The 2% that do seem unhelpful, as the OP has explicitly stated that a reset, while possible, is not desirable to them. – Felix Frank Aug 11 '14 at 17:40
  • Actually there is no way to do a password recovery on embedded AP, only a password reset. this is achieved by resetting AP back to factory default which I laid out above. I know this isn't the answer they were looking for but this is per Cisco wireless TAC. – Steve Di Bias Aug 11 '14 at 19:45