Restoring The Default Configuration And Password; Using The Reset Button - NETGEAR MBR814X Reference Manual

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 router. 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
router. See the link to
• 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 wireless broadband PC card is installed properly.
• 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
Internet Connection" on page

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 (see
Erasing Your Settings" on page
• 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.

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.
1. Press and hold the Default Reset button until the Test LED turns on (about 10 seconds).
2. Release the Default Reset button and wait for the router to reboot.
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