Testing The Path From Your Computer To A Remote Device; Restoring The Default Configuration And Password - NETGEAR DGN3500 - Wireless-N Gigabit Router Setup Manual

– Verify that the IP address for your router and your workstation are correct and that the
addresses are on the same subnet.

Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device

After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your PC to a remote device.
From the Windows run menu, type:
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 gateway. 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 TCP/IP
default gateway as described in
• 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.
• If your ISP assigned a host name to your PC, enter that host name as the Account Name in the
Basic Settings menu.

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. To reset your
router from its current configuration and restore factory defaults:
Depress and hold the reset button on the back of the router for approximately 6 seconds—until
1.
the Power LED blinks red. The Power LED will blink red three times and then will turn green
when the default configuration settings have been restored.
Release the Reset button and wait for the router to reboot.
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Troubleshooting
"Preparing Your Network" on page 39.
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