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N300 WiFi Router (N300R) User Manual
6-8 Using Network Monitoring Tools
v1.0, May 2012
Select Backup Settings under Maintenance in the main menu. The Backup Settings screen
displays.
The following sections describe the three available options.
Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration
The Restore and Backup options in the Settings Backup screen let you save and retrieve a file
containing your router’s configuration settings.
To save your settings, click Backup . Your browser extracts the configuration file from the router
and prompts you for a location on your computer to store the file. You can give the file a
meaningful name at this time, such as comcast.cfg.
Figure 6-5
Tip: Before saving your configuration file, change the administrator password to the
default, password . Then change it again after you have saved the configuration file.
If you forget the password, you will need to reset the configuration to factory
defaults.