None of those methods works, and the router being a 809 does not have a POE light. The router detects the reset button hold but does nothing about it here is the console output Username: IR809 Loader Stage 1 Version 1.8 FPGA version 0x20700 built 2017-6-21 Booted from the upgrade FPGA; SecureBoot did not fallback Reset reason: CPU reset BIOS Platform: IR800 BIOS Version: 16 SecureBoot core version: F01047X15.01ada48ab2015-04-03 Microloader version: MA0061R06.0404022015 Booted from the upgrade BIOS The configuration reset button has been pressed. SRP autoboot is set to 'bootstrap:ir800-hv.srp.SPA.3.0.24' IOS autoboot is set to 'flash:ir800-universalk9-mz.SPA.157-3.M1.default' Config reg configured to Autoboot Autoboot is ON, variable: bootstrap:ir800-hv.srp.SPA.3.0.24 Image signature verified Booting image bootstrap:ir800-hv.srp.SPA.3.0.24 [   30.376923] kexec: Starting new kernel RIF heap (initial): 2774816 bytes RIF<3> Added 2774816 bytes at <0x2015a8e0> to the RIF heap RIF: Host RAM: 1467008KB required, 1467729KB available RIF: Host low RAM: 4808KB required, 1467729KB available RIF: Host RAM unused by memory regions: 721KB total, 721KB low Processing SRP... RIF: used 10568/16384 bytes of stack ##############################################################    LynxSecure TRUNK (No Service Packs installed)    Copyright 2004-2016 Lynx Software Technologies, Inc    All rights reserved.    LynxSecure (x86_64) build ENGINEERING created on 01/27/2016 09:35:28    URL:         svn://txx.lynx.com/svn/lynxsecure/engr/psubramaniam/tot-20141010/lynxsecure/src    Revision(s): 11396M    Built by:    psubramaniam@paricos62.localdomain ##############################################################    Initializing the Internal Timekeeping...    Initializing the System State Manager...    Initializing LynxSecure global data areas.    Number of CPU(s) : 2    Initializing the CPU Support Package.    Initializing LynxSecure page table...    Initializing the Board Support Package.    Initializing Scheduler...    Initializing the VCPU module...    Starting up the other CPUs...             CPUs online: #0 #1    Initializing Device Configuration Virtualization...    Initializing Subject Resources... LS<3> DCV: device SATA0 (00:17.0) doesn't support generic reset    Initializing Interrupt Routing...    Initializing Hypercalls...    Heap memory used by LynxSecure: 1766800 (0x1af590) bytes    Launching Subjects <3> [0.829874] IOAPIC: IOAPIC 1 initialized, implementation version 32 <3> [0.829874] <E1000> e1000_device_init: initialized E1000 device <3> [0.829874] <E1000> e1000_device_init: initialized E1000 device <6> PCI: Initializing <6> PCI: Finished Initializing Autoboot string flash:ir800-universalk9-mz.SPA.157-3.M1.default Booting image: flash:ir800-universalk9-mz.SPA.157-3.M1.default....   [Multiboot -elf, <0x110000:0x9f62e4c:0x3cac48>, shtab=0xa43e2f8[csvds]:/ir800-universalk9- mz.SPA.157-3.M1.default... , entry=0x1100b0] [CU:0] Jumps to: 0x1100b0 Smart Init is enabled smart init is sizing iomem                  TYPE      MEMORY_REQ     Onboard devices &          buffer pools      0x03644000 -----------------------------------------------                TOTAL:      0x03644000 Rounded IOMEM up to: 55MB. 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Cisco IR809G-LTE-VZ-K9 (revision 0.0) with 365568K/60416K bytes of memory.Installed image archive Processor board ID FCW2205004G Last reset from Power-on FPGA version: 2.7.0 BIOS: version 16 Production BIOS: date[YYYY/MM/DD] :[2017/8/21] 2 Serial(sync/async) interfaces 3 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces 8 terminal lines 2 Cellular interfaces DRAM configuration is 72 bits wide with parity disabled. 256K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory. 976562K bytes of ATA System Flash (Read/Write) 250000K bytes of ATA Bootstrap Flash (Read/Write) [OK] Press RETURN to get started! User Access Verification ... View more

Steve,           Thanks for your reply.           That method did not work, the console output shows that the reset button has been pressed but then proceeds to a normal boot ... View more