Back Up And Restore Configuration; Backing Up And Restoring The Configuration Using Ftp - NETGEAR RP114 Reference Manual

Reference Guide for the Model RP114 Web Safe Router

Back Up and Restore Configuration

You can save the router configuration settings to a disk as a binary file. You can also restore the
settings from the file at a later time. Saving and restoring the router configuration lets you restore
the router to working order if the configuration information in the router is lost or damaged.
You can also use the configuration file to configure a new router of the same type if it becomes
necessary to replace the router.
NETGEAR highly recommends backing up your router configuration after the router is
functioning. You can perform the backup and restore operations through the browser or by using
an FTP program. The browser procedure is described in
page 6-5. The FTP procedure is described in the following section.

Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration Using FTP

To back up or restore the configuration file over the LAN, you must have an FTP client program.
Windows includes an MS-DOS FTP client program that can be accessed from an MS-DOS
prompt. Other FTP client programs are available through many software retailers and shareware
sites.
To back up or restore the configuration:
If you are sending a configuration file to the router, first rename it to rom-0.
1.
Establish an FTP connection to the LAN IP address of the router.
2.
No login name is necessary. The password is the current Manager password. The factory
default password is 1234.
Select binary (not ascii) transfer mode.
3.
Use your FTP program to get (back up) or put (restore) the file named rom-0 in the
4.
router.
9-8 Using the Manager Interface for Advanced System Maintenance
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