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Password Recovery for a Cisco 2960 Switch 1. Unplug the switch from the power supply 2.

Press and hold the mode button on the front of the switch 3. Reconnect the switch to the power supply 4. When the SYST LED blinks amber and then turns solid green, release the mode button 5. Issue the following commands: a. switch: flash_init b. switch: load-helper (on the2960 switch in the lab this is an unrecognized command) c. switch: dir flash: d. switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old e. switch:boot f. Enter n (without the quotes) when asked if you want to enter the configuration dialog g. switch>en h. switch#rename flash:config.old flash:config.text (Press enter to confirm the destination filename [config.text]) i. switch#copy flash:config.text system:running-config j. Destination filename [running-config]? k. Switch# conf t l. Switch(config)# {change the password} m. end n. copy running-config startup-config

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