Testing The Path From Your Computer To A Remote Device; Restoring The Default Configuration And Password; Using The Reset Button - NETGEAR DG834Gv3 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. You can erase the
current configuration and restore factory defaults in two ways:
• Use the Erase function of the Web Configuration Manager.
• Use the Reset button on the rear panel of the router. Use this method for cases when the
administration password or IP address is not known.

Using the Reset Button

To restore the factory default configuration settings without knowing the administration password
or IP address, you must use the Default Reset button on the rear panel of the router.
Press and hold the Reset button until the Test LED turns on (about 10 seconds).
1.
Release the Default Reset button and wait for the router to reboot.
2.
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"Preparing a Computer for Network Access" on page 35.
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