Restoring The Default Configuration And Password; Using The Restore Factory Settings Button To Reset The Router; Problems With Date And Time - NETGEAR DGN2200M - Wireless-N 300 Router User Manual

N300 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2200M Mobile Edition User Manual
ping -n 10 IP address
where IP address is the IP address of a remote device such as your ISP's DNS server.
If the path is functioning correctly, replies as in the previous section are displayed. If you do
not receive replies:
• Check that your PC has the IP address of your router listed as the default wireless
modem router. If the IP configuration of your PC is assigned by DHCP, this information
will not be visible in your PC's Network Control Panel. Verify that the IP address of the
router is listed as the default wireless modem router as described in the online document
that you can access from
• Check to see that the network address of your PC (the portion of the IP address specified
by the netmask) is different from the network address of the remote device.
• Check that your cable or DSL modem is connected and functioning.
• If your ISP assigned a host name to your PC, enter that host name as the account name
in the Basic Settings screen.
• Your ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your PCs. Many
broadband ISPs restrict access by allowing traffic only from the MAC address of your
broadband modem, but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of a
single PC connected to that modem. If this is the case, you must configure your router to
"clone" or "spoof" the MAC address from the authorized PC.

Restoring the Default Configuration and Password

This section explains how to restore the factory default configuration settings, changing the
router's administration password to password and the IP address to 192.168.0.1. You can
erase the current configuration and restore factory defaults in two ways:
• Use the Erase function (see
page 53).
• Press the Restore Factory Settings button on the bottom of the router.

Using the Restore Factory Settings Button to Reset the Router

To restore the factory default configuration settings when you do not know the administration
password or IP address, use the Restore Factory Settings button on the bottom of the router:
1. Press and hold the Restore button until the Power LED turns red (about 6 seconds).
2. Release the Restore button. The LED blinks red three times and then turns green when the
router has reset to the factory default state. Wait for the router to reboot.

Problems with Date and Time

In the main menu, under Security, select Schedule to display the current date and time of
day. The wireless modem router uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to obtain the current
Preparing Your Network
Backing Up, Restoring, and Erasing Your Settings
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