Back Up The Access Point Configuration; Restore The Access Point Configuration - NETGEAR WAC510 User Manual

Back Up the Access Point Configuration

You can save a copy of the current configuration settings. If necessary, you can restore the configuration
settings later.
To back up the access point's configuration settings:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password
are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > Management > Upgrade > Backup and Restore > Backup Settings.
The backup settings display.
5. Click the Backup button.
6. Choose a location to store the file on your computer.
The name of the backup file is
last six hexadecimal digits of the access point's MAC address, yyyy is the year, mm is the month, and
dd is the date.
An example of a name of a backup file is
7. Follow the directions of your browser to save the file.

Restore the Access Point Configuration

If you backed up the configuration file, you can restore the configuration from this file.
To restore configuration settings that you backed up:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password
are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > Management > Upgrade > Backup and Restore > Restore Settings.
The restore settings display.
5. Click the Browse button and navigate to and select the saved configuration file.
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, in which xxxxxx represents the
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