Don’t want to repeat the process of customizing your Netgear router settings after resetting it? Don’t want to get entangled with the process again and again?
If you are wishing that the settings of the Netgear router must be saved somewhere and can be restored easily whenever you want, then you can take off your seat belt as you have landed on the perfect article.
In this article, you will get to know how you can save the backup file of your router’s settings on your computer by accessing routerlogin.net Netgear dashboard. Data backup is a vital procedure as it makes a duplicate set of existing data, which will come to use in the case of data loss.
So, without any further discussion let’s come to the topic which you were waiting for.
Backup Netgear Router
Here are the steps on how to backup settings on your Netgear WiFi router:
- Start the process of backup by connecting the Netgear router to the active wall socket and switching it on. Before connecting, ensure the wall socket is not damaged and can sufficiently supply to the Netgear router.
- Now connect the router with the modem via Ethernet cable.
- After connecting the router with the modem, shift your attention to the PC and power it up. Ensure the PC is virus free and running on an updated software version.
- As soon as the computer is powered up, open a web browser. Ask yourself this, are you using an updated version of the web browser? Routerlogin.net is not limited to any particular web browser, so you can choose any one which is supported by the operating system of your PC.
- Delete all cache, cookies, and junk files from the web browser. And flush out all unnecessary tabs and windows open in the background as it may cause problems while you are taking backup of your data.
- Go to the address bar and enter the default web address there. Committing typos while entering it can take you to the wrong destination. And, entering the web address into the search field may also take you to the wrong destination. Thus, enter it carefully.
- After entering www.routerlogin.net in the address bar, press the Enter key. The login page will appear on your desktop. Insert the default login credentials in their respective fields. Ensure the Caps lock key must be off while entering the username and password as they are case sensitive.
- After inserting the login credentials into their respective fields, click the Login button.
- Go to the Setting tab. After this, navigate to the Other Settings tab and click on the Backup button. Now, by clicking this, you can save the customized router settings to your computer.
So, like this, by following only 8 steps, you can easily do the backup of the Netgear router. So, now you can freely reset your router.
Ohh, we got it! Now you are wondering how you would restore the backup settings. Wonder no more as we are here to guide you on how to restore the Netgear router settings.
Restore Netgear Router Settings
Follow the below-mentioned steps in order to restore Netgear router settings:
- The process of restoring of Netgear router setting starts by accessing the login page. Fill in the required login credentials in their desired fields. After this, click the login button.
- After clicking the Log In button, the www.routerlogin.net setup wizard will appear on your desktop.
- Click on the Advanced tab, and after this, navigate to the Administration option.
- Go to Backup Settings and then click Browse to find and select the backup file.
- After selecting the file, click Restore.
The selected file will upload to the router and the router reboots. Keep in mind that you do not interrupt the reboot process as it can cause difficulties while uploading the backup file. This process will take some time and once done with the reboot process, you can easily access the settings of the Netgear router as you customized it before.
So what’s the update? Are you satisfied with the above-mentioned information that helped you in performing backup and restoration of the Netgear router?
We hope that the steps discussed above will help you to get rid of the query you had before starting this article. In the event that you have resolved your query, feel free to drop some lines into the comment section.