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During the upgrade, the front panel LEDs on the SnapGear appliance will flash in an in-
and-out pattern. The SnapGear appliance retains its configuration information with the
new firmware.
Warning
If the flash upgrade is interrupted (e.g. power down), the SnapGear appliance will stop
functioning and will be unusable until its flash is reprogrammed at the factory or a
recovery boot is performed. User care is advised.
Reboot
Clicking this link will cause the SnapGear appliance to perform a soft reboot. It will
usually take around 10 seconds before it is up and running again. Note that if you have
enabled bridging, the SnapGear appliance may take up to 30 seconds to reboot.
Reset button
The simplest method to clear the SnapGear appliance’s stored configuration information
is by pushing the reset button on the back panel of the SnapGear appliance
twice
. A
bent paper clip is a suitable tool for performing this procedure.
Pushing the reset button
twice
clears all stored configuration information, reverts all
settings to the factory defaults, and reboots the SnapGear appliance.
Note
When the SnapGear appliance reboots, it will be configured with the IP address of
192.168.0.1, netmask 255.255.255.0.10.