Manage and Monitor Your Network
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AC1900, N900, and N450 WiFi Cable Data Gateways
The Backup Setting screen displays.
6. Enter the full path to the file on your network or click the Browse button to find the file.
The name of the backup file from which you can restore the configuration is
NETGEAR_<model number>.cfg. in which <model number> is the model number of
your cable data gateway.
7. Follow the directions of your browser to locate the file, and select it.
8. Click the Restore button.
The configuration is uploaded to the cable data gateway. When the restoration is
complete, the cable data gateway reboots.
WARNING:
To avoid the risk of corrupting the firmware, do not interrupt the
upload. For example, do not close the browser, click a link, or load a
new page. Do not turn off the cable data gateway.
Return the WiFi Cable Data Gateway to Its Factory
Default Settings
Under some circumstances (for example, if you lost track of the changes that you made to
the cable data gateway settings or you move the cable data gateway to a different network),
you might want to erase the configuration and reset it to factory default settings.
If you do not know the current LAN IP address of the cable data gateway, first try to use an IP
scanner application to detect the IP address before you reset the cable data gateway to
factory default settings.
To reset the cable data gateway to factory default settings, you can use either the Reset
button on the side of the cable data gateway or the Erase function in the web management
interface. However
, if you cannot find the LAN IP address or lost the password to access the
cable data gateway, you must use the Reset button.
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