Using The Default Reset Button To Restore The Factory Configuration And Password - NETGEAR HR314 Reference Manual

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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 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.
— 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 menu.
— Your ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your PCs. Many
broadband ISPs restrict access by only allowing traffic 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. Refer to
Configuration" on page
Using the Default Reset Button to Restore the Factory
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 (see
page
6-5).
Use the Default Reset button on the rear panel of the router. Use this method for cases when
the administration password or IP address is not known.
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 Default 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.
Troubleshooting
Reference Manual for the Model HR314 802.11a Hi-Speed Wireless Router
"Verifying TCP/IP Properties" on page
4-8.
3-5.
"Manual
"Erase the Configuration" on
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