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Backup Settings Help

This page allows you to backup, restore and erase the modem's current settings.

Once you have the modem working properly, you should backup the information to have it available if something goes wrong. When you backup the settings, they are saved as a file on your computer. You can restore the modem's settings from this file.

To create a backup file of the current settings:

  1. Click Backup.
  2. If you don't have your browser set up to save downloaded files automatically, locate where you want to save the file, rename it if you like, and click Save.
    If you have your browser set up to save downloaded files automatically, the file is saved to the your browser's download location on the hard disk and is called netgear.cfg.

IMPORTANT! Once you start restoring settings or erasing the modem, do NOT try to go online, turn off the modem, shutdown the computer or do anything else to the modem until it finishes restarting! This should only take a minute or so. When the Test light stops blinking, wait a few more seconds before doing anything with the modem.


To restore settings from a backup file:

  1. Click Browse.
  2. Locate and select the previously saved backup file (by default, netgear.cfg).
  3. Click Restore.
    A window appears letting you know that the modem has been successfully restored to previous settings. The modem will restart. This will take about one minute.
    IMPORTANT! Do not try to go online, turn off the modem, shutdown the computer or do anything else to the modem until it finishes restarting! When the Test light stops blinking, wait a few more seconds before doing anything with the modem.
  4. Close the message window.

To erase the current settings and reset the modem to the original factory default settings:

After you have erased the modem's current settings, the modem's password will be password, the LAN IP address will be 192.168.0.1 and the modem will act as a DHCP server on the LAN and act as a DHCP client to the Internet.