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Resetting Cisco CAPWAP/LWAP Access Point to Factory Defaults

Posted on August 26, 2014
Ok, we are not experts in Cisco wireless deployments (CUWN) and we’re still learning and in that learning process
our evaluation of vWLC expired and we forgot credentials for our CAPWAP/LWAP access points. Not only our
evaluation expired, but we removed the virtual machine from our virtual center.
So what now?
We need to restore factory defaults for those access points. To be honest, I did a lot of googling and this blog is
kind of combination of many articles I came across.
First of all, we need to locate the MODE button on our access point. On the 1600 series it is depicted on the
following image:
It is usually marked with the “MODE” label.
Now, we power off our AP and connect to it with a console cable. This is important: we press and hold the MODE
button. While the button is still pressed, we plug the power back in. We now wait for the message “button is
pressed, wait for button to be released…“.
Let’s release the MODE button and wait for the code to load. Here is the process:
Boot from flash
IOS Bootloader – Starting system.

FLASH CHIP: Micronix MX25L256_35F
Xmodem file system is available.
flashfs[0]: 42 files, 9 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 31936000
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 18450432
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 13485568
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Base Ethernet MAC address: 78:da:6e:e0:26:55
************* loopback_mode = 0
button is pressed, wait for button to be released…
button pressed for 21 seconds
process_config_recovery: set IP address and config to default 10.0.0.1
process_config_recovery: image recovery
image_recovery: Download default IOS tar image tftp://255.255.255.255/ap1g2-k9w7-tar.default
examining image…
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ap1g2-k9w7-tar.default (connection timed out)ap:
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At this point basic code is running and we can see the content of a fash: filesystem
ap: dir flash:

Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 1048 <date> private-multiple-fs

12 drwx 384 <date> ap1g2-rcvk9w8-mx
4 -rwx 58258 <date> event.log
5 -rwx 72255 <date> event.capwap
6 drwx 832 <date> ap1g2-k9w8-mx.152-4.JB3
48 drwx 128 <date> configs
49 -rwx 140 <date> env_vars
13485568 bytes available (18450432 bytes used)

ap:
We need to delete the file “flash:private-multiple-fs”:
ap: delete flash:private-multiple-fs

Are you sure you want to delete “flash:private-multiple-fs” (y/n)?y
File “flash:private-multiple-fs” deleted
Now
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ap: reset
Are you sure you want to reset the system (y/n)?y
System resetting…
Boot from flash

Base Ethernet MAC address: 78:da:6e:e0:26:55
************* loopback_mode = 0
Loading “flash:/ap1g2-rcvk9w8-mx/ap1g2-rcvk9w8-mx”…#####################
File “flash:/ap1g2-rcvk9w8-mx/ap1g2-rcvk9w8-mx” uncompressed and installed, entry point:
0x100000
executing…
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Initializing flashfs…
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flashfs[2]: Initialization complete.
flashfs[3]: Initialization complete….done Initializing flashfs.
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cisco AIR-CAP1602I-E-K9 (PowerPC) processor (revision B0) with 98294K/32768K bytes of

memory.
Processor board ID FGL1750X0P9
PowerPC CPU at 533Mhz, revision number 0x2151
Last reset from power-on
LWAPP image version 7.5.1.73
1 Gigabit Ethernet interface
32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.

Base ethernet MAC Address: 78:DA:6E:E0:26:55
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PCA Assembly Number : 000-00000-00

PCA Revision Number :
PCB Serial Number : FOC17472YR5
Top Assembly Part Number : 800-38552-01
Top Assembly Serial Number : FGL1750X0P9
Top Revision Number : A0
Product/Model Number : AIR-CAP1602I-E-K9
% Please define a domain-name first.
logging facility kern
^
logging trap emergencies

^
Press RETURN to get started!

*Mar 1 00:00:12.843: %LWAPP-3-CLIENTERRORLOG: Config load from flash failed. Initialising
Cfg
*Mar 1 00:00:13.927: %LINK-6-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0, changed state to up

*Mar 1 00:00:14.939: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0,
changed state to up
*Mar 1 00:00:15.371: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted —
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*Mar 1 00:00:15.455: %LWAPP-3-CLIENTERRORLOG: Config load from flash failed. Initialising
Cfg
*Mar 1 00:00:15.455: %CAPWAP-3-ERRORLOG: Failed to load configuration from flash.

Resetting to default config
*Mar 1 00:00:15.467: %PARSER-4-BADCFG: Unexpected end of configuration file.
*Mar 1 00:00:16.499: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface BVI1, changed state

to uplwapp_crypto_init: MIC Present and Parsed Successfully
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
^
%Default route without gateway, if not a point-to-point interface, may impact performance
*Mar 1 00:00:39.971: %CDP_PD-4-POWER_OK: All radios disabled – NEGOTIATED inline
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*Mar 1 00:00:49.803: %DHCP-6-ADDRESS_ASSIGN: Interface BVI1 assigned DHCP address

192.168.0.132, mask 255.255.255.0, hostname AP78da.6ee0.2655
Finally, we use credentials Cisco/Cisco (both with capital “c”) to log in:
AP78da.6ee0.2655 con0 is now available
Press RETURN to get started.

User Access Verification
Username: Cisco
Password: ! here we type Cisco
AP78da.6ee0.2655>
AP78da.6ee0.2655>en
Password: ! this is also Cisco
AP78da.6ee0.2655#
Now we can reinstall our vWLC and connect our APs back to it. On our APs we may also do:
AP78da.6ee0.2655#
AP78da.6ee0.2655#clear capwap private-config
AP78da.6ee0.2655#
AP78da.6ee0.2655#reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm]
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19 Responses to Resetting Cisco CAPWAP/LWAP Access Point to Factory Defaults
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RuwanIndika says:
September 12, 2015 at 02:53
I had to enter “clear lwapp private-config” as the last step, lwapp instead of capwap
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NghiaLQ says:
June 22, 2016 at 03:54
hi guy
i’ve problem after reset factoy with CISCO AP 1602i
after press and hold MODE button, the console screen display and i haven’t done anything:
help me
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thanks!
Boot from flash

Base Ethernet MAC address: fc:5b:39:b2:e4:53
************* loopback_mode = 0
button is pressed, wait for button to be released…
button pressed for 24 seconds
process_config_recovery: set IP address and config to default 10.0.0.1
process_config_recovery: image recovery
image_recovery: Download default IOS tar image tftp://255.255.255.255/ap1g2-k9w7-tar.default
examining image…
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ap1g2-k9w7-tar.default (no such file or directory)ap:
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David Camarotto says:

October 27, 2016 at 14:23
thank you for help!!!!

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VPN Blogs says:

December 9, 2016 at 15:44
Thanks for publishing this awesome article. I’m a long time reader
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manjil says:
March 17, 2017 at 12:11
Hello,
I am not able to access console of my cisco ap 3700 ..i performed reset has stated above but it doesnot provide permission to
enter commands. it get stuck in same mode: Error opening “
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xzatech says:
March 30, 2017 at 22:27
Hello,
I am not able to access console of my cisco ap 3700 ..i performed reset has stated above but it doesnot provide permission to
enter commands. it get stuck in same mode: Error opening “
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thomas@hilsoe.dk says:
May 4, 2017 at 18:05
Trying to reset AIR-AP1042N-E-K9

I have tried capwap private-config and lwapp private-config, non of them worked.
Then what?
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Yousif Ghanim says:

January 15, 2018 at 07:34

Then what?
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travestis sp says:
May 31, 2017 at 09:11
Excellent, what a website it is! This web site presents valuable data to us, keep it up. Close and accept
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Bubba198 says:
June 6, 2017 at 23:38
Great and clear instructions — Thank you. Many in the profession should learn from your style of no-BS technical writing.
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ravi says:
June 20, 2017 at 08:29
i want clear capwap private-config but it doest work .pls help me out
i am not be able use to capwap command.
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Cristian says:
June 27, 2017 at 20:06
It worked. Just wanted to say thank you. Regards, Cristian

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Yousif Ghanim says:

January 15, 2018 at 07:34

Then what?
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Dani Roy Simanjuntak (@danijuntak) says:

June 17, 2019 at 05:46
i create in video version: https://youtu.be/0UOVzk-T230

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Donald Chapman says:
July 23, 2019 at 10:38
The tips are really good but I still can’t enter global config mode (conf t) to start up with my basic configurations. Can
someone please help.
‘See my challenges below’
Username: Cisco
Password:
AP2cd0.2d87.0c9c#conf t
^
AP2cd0.2d87.0c9c#conf t
^
AP2cd0.2d87.0c9c#
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nelbouazzaoui says:
October 17, 2019 at 16:10
did you find a solution?

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Jose says:
August 1, 2019 at 16:07
hello, when executing flash dir

I get permission denied .. you know why?
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It is usually marked with the “MODE” label.

Boot from flash

IOS Bootloader – Starting system.

Reading cookie from SEEPROM

REPORT THIS AD REPORT THIS AD

ap: dir flash:

2 -rwx 1048 <date> private-multiple-fs

13485568 bytes available (18450432 bytes used)

We need to delete the file “flash:private-multiple-fs”:

ap: delete flash:private-multiple-fs

Boot from flash

IOS Bootloader – Starting system.

Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is

cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco IOS Software, C1600 Software (AP1G2-RCVK9W8-M), Version 15.2(4)JA1, RELEASE

flashfs[2]: 40 files, 9 directories

This product contains cryptographic features and is subject to United

use. Delivery of Cisco cryptographic products does not imply

If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to

cisco AIR-CAP1602I-E-K9 (PowerPC) processor (revision B0) with 98294K/32768K bytes of

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.

PCA Assembly Number : 000-00000-00

logging trap emergencies

Press RETURN to get started!

*Mar 1 00:00:13.927: %LINK-6-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0, changed state to up

*Mar 1 00:00:15.455: %CAPWAP-3-ERRORLOG: Failed to load configuration from flash.

*Mar 1 00:00:16.499: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface BVI1, changed state

*Mar 1 00:00:49.803: %DHCP-6-ADDRESS_ASSIGN: Interface BVI1 assigned DHCP address

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AP78da.6ee0.2655 con0 is now available

Press RETURN to get started.

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i’ve problem after reset factoy with CISCO AP 1602i

Boot from flash

IOS Bootloader – Starting system.

REPORT THIS AD REPORT THIS AD

David Camarotto says:

thank you for help!!!!

VPN Blogs says:

Trying to reset AIR-AP1042N-E-K9

Yousif Ghanim says:

Trying to reset AIR-AP1042N-E-K9

REPORT THIS AD REPORT THIS AD

It worked. Just wanted to say thank you. Regards, Cristian

Yousif Ghanim says:

Trying to reset AIR-AP1042N-E-K9

REPORT THIS AD REPORT THIS AD

Dani Roy Simanjuntak (@danijuntak) says:

i create in video version: https://youtu.be/0UOVzk-T230

July 23, 2019 at 10:38

did you find a solution?

hello, when executing flash dir

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