Case Communications 6401 Rugged ADSL Router Manual – Rev 1.5
SECTION 7 - MANAGEMENT Page 7.1
7. MANAGEMENT
7.1 SETTINGS
7.1.1 BACKUP
Management>Settings>backup
This option allows you to save your 6401 Routers settings to a file on your PC.
Once selected the following option appears
Backup Broadband Router configurations. You may save your router configurations to a
file on your PC
Select ‘Backup’ settings and the following message will appear
Do you want to open or save ‘backupsettings.conf from 192.168.1.1?
Back up files are generally titled ‘backupsettings.conf and have a type file CONF File
Open - Select open to look at the file, generally open this with Notepad. Having viewed the file it can
be saved on your PC.
Save – Select ‘Save’ to save the configuration file to your PC, this will go to your usual download
location, its possible to then view where your PC has stored this file.
Save As – This is more useful option as it allows you to determine where the configuration files can
be stored, in the same way ‘Save As’ can be used to save any PC file to a specific destination folder.
7.1.2 UPDATE
Management>Settings>Update
Update allows saved configurations to be loaded into the 6401 router. Select ‘Update’ and you will
see the following option. Select ‘Browse’ to find the ‘backup settings. Config file’
Update Broadband settings. You may update your router settings using your saved files.
Once the file has been selected, click ‘update’ settings and the router will upload the configuration
file. The message ‘Uploading is in progress. The broadband Router will reboot upon completion. This
process will take about 2 minutes.
7.1.3 RESTORE DEFAULT
This option restores the 6401 Rugged Router to its default condition. Do not use this if your
connected to the 6401 Router remotely as it will take the router offline and deny you remote access.