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Chapter 15
Administrate Your Network
6. Wait a few moments for the upgrading and rebooting.
15 4 Back up and Restore Configuration Settings
The configuration settings are stored as a configuration file in the router. You can back
up the configuration file to your computer for future use and restore the modem router
to a previous settings from the backup file when needed. Moreover, if needed you can
erase the current settings and reset the modem router to the default factory settings.
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To back up configuration settings
1
Visit
http://tplinkmodem.net
, and log in with the account you set for the router.
2
Click
Advanced
>
System Tools
>
Backup & Restore
page.
3
Click
Backup
to save a copy of the current settings to your local computer. A conf.
bin file will be stored to your computer.
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To restore configuration settings
1
Visit
http://tplinkmodem.net
, and log in with the account you set for the router.
2
Click
Advanced
>
System Tools
>
Backup & Restore
page.
3
Click
Browse
to locate the previous backup configuration file, and click
Restore.
4
Wait for the restoring and then the modem router will automatically reboot.
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To reset the modem router to factory default settings
1
Visit
http://tplinkmodem.net
, and log in with the account you set for the router.
2
Click
Advanced
>
System Tools
>
Backup & Restore
page.
3
Click
Restore
to restore all configuration settings to default values, except your
login and TP-Link ID information. Click
Factory Restore
to reset the modem router.
4
Wait for the reset process to complete, and then the modem router will automatically
reboot.
Note:
1. During the resetting process, do not turn off the modem router.
2. We strongly recommend you back up the current configuration settings before resetting the modem router.
