User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- AC1900, N900, and N450 WiFi Cable Data Gateways
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Overview
- 2. Connect and Get Started
- 3. Configure Parental Controls and Basic WiFi Settings
- 4. Manage Internet, WAN, and LAN Settings and Use the WPS Wizard
- 5. Manage the Firewall and Secure Your Network
- 6. Manage and Monitor Your Network
- View the Status and Statistics of the WiFi Cable Data Gateway
- View the WiFi Cable Data Gateway Cable Initialization
- View the Network Map
- View WiFi Channels in Your Environment
- View WiFi Access Points in Your Environment
- View and Manage the Log
- Manage the WiFi Cable Gateway Settings
- Return the WiFi Cable Data Gateway to Its Factory Default Settings
- Reboot the Cable Data Gateway
- 7. Share USB Drives Attached to the Cable Data Gateway
- USB Drive Requirements
- Access a USB Drive on the Network
- Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
- Specify the Method for Accessing the USB Drive
- View Network Folders on a USB Drive
- Add a Network Folder on a USB Drive
- Change a Network Folder, Including Read and Write Access, on a USB Drive
- Safely Remove a USB Drive
- Enable the Media Server
- 8. Configure Advanced Features
- Manage Advanced WiFi Settings
- Port Forwarding and Port Triggering Concepts
- Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Computers
- Set Up and Manage Port Triggering
- Set Up and Manage IP Address Filtering
- Set Up and Manage MAC Address Filtering
- Configure Dynamic DNS
- Manage the Cable Data Gateway Remotely
- Manage Universal Plug and Play
- Manage the Network Address Translation
- Manage the Ethernet Ports of the LAN Switch
- Manage Network Time Protocol
- 9. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
- A. Factory Default Settings and Specifications
Manage and Monitor Your Network
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AC1900, N900, and N450 WiFi Cable Data Gateways
The Backup Setting screen displays.
6. Enter the full path to the file on your network or click the Browse button to find the file.
The name of the backup file from which you can restore the configuration is
NETGEAR_<model number>.cfg. in which <model number> is the model number of
your cable data gateway.
7. Follow the directions of your browser to locate the file, and select it.
8. Click the Restore button.
The configuration is uploaded to the cable data gateway. When the restoration is
complete, the cable data gateway reboots.
WARNING:
To avoid the risk of corrupting the firmware, do not interrupt the
upload. For example, do not close the browser, click a link, or load a
new page. Do not turn off the cable data gateway.
Return the WiFi Cable Data Gateway to Its Factory
Default Settings
Under some circumstances (for example, if you lost track of the changes that you made to
the cable data gateway settings or you move the cable data gateway to a different network),
you might want to erase the configuration and reset it to factory default settings.
If you do not know the current LAN IP address of the cable data gateway, first try to use an IP
scanner application to detect the IP address before you reset the cable data gateway to
factory default settings.
To reset the cable data gateway to factory default settings, you can use either the Reset
button on the side of the cable data gateway or the Erase function in the web management
interface. However, if you cannot find the LAN IP address or lost the password to access the
cable data gateway, you must use the
Reset button.