Disable Reset-Button Cisco 809 (IR800)

[serenighi]

Hi,

I have to disable the reset button of our Cisco 809 routers as we cannot control physical access. How can that be done?

Neither 'no setup express', nor 'no service password-recovery' will work. 

Also see: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/829/15-6-1TIR8xx-Release-Notes.html#pgfId-1058370

To simplify the boot process, the IR800 routers do not support the ROMMON configuration register and the associated CLI commands. The IR800 either boots the pre-configured images, or stops at the ROMMON prompt for user intervention.

Regards,

[theomarinescu]

Have a look here, basically there is no configuration recovery on industrial routers (for an obvious purpose, since they often sit outside, in loosely-controlled places)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/829/15-6-1TIR8xx-Release-Notes.html#pgfId-1058370

You don't need to disable the reset button:

- it's a pinhole, so you must use a pin to push it, hence no accidental press possible

- someone who would use the button to reset the router to factory defaults, for a physical DoS, could as easily unplug it from its power source

This behaviour seems to be "by design".

So save your config after every modification and stop worrying about config recovery.

Check the documentation for your exact IOS versions, since there have been some modifications in the way the button works.