Recover The Admin Password; Manage The Router Configuration File; Back Up Settings - NETGEAR R6260 User Manual

Recover the admin Password

If you set up the password recovery feature, you can recover your router admin password.
To recover your router admin password:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3. Click the Cancel button.
If password recovery is enabled, you are prompted to enter the serial number of the router.
The serial number is on the router label.
4. Enter the serial number of the router.
5. Click the Continue button.
A window opens requesting the answers to your security questions.
6. Enter the saved answers to your security questions.
7. Click the Continue button.
A window opens and displays your recovered password.
8. Click the Login again button.
A login window opens.
9. With your recovered password, log in to the router.

Manage the Router Configuration File

The configuration settings of the router are stored within the router in a configuration file. You can back up
(save) this file to your computer, restore it, or reset it to the factory default settings.

Back Up Settings

To back up the router's configuration settings:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Administration > Backup Settings.
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