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Managing Your Network, Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings

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Chapter 5 Managing Your Network This chapter describes how to perform network management tasks with your DG834 ADSL Firewall Router. Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings The configuration settings of the DG834 ADSL router are stored in a configuration file in the router. This file can be backed up to your computer, restored, or reverted to factory default settings. The procedures below explain how to do these tasks. How to Back Up the Configuration to a File 1. Log in to the router at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1 with its default User Name of admin, default password of password, or using whatever User Name, Password and LAN address you have chosen for the router. 2. From the Maintenance heading of the Main Menu, select the Backup Settings menu as seen in Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1: Backup Settings menu 3. Click Backup to save a copy of the current settings. Managing Your Network 5-1

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Managing Your Network
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Chapter 5
Managing Your Network
This chapter describes how to perform network management tasks with your DG834 ADSL
Firewall Router.
Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings
The configuration settings of the DG834 ADSL router are stored in a configuration file in the
router. This file can be backed up to your computer, restored, or reverted to factory default
settings. The procedures below explain how to do these tasks.
How to Back Up the Configuration to a File
1.
Log in to the router at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1 with its default User Name
of
admin
, default password of
password
, or using whatever User Name, Password and LAN
address you have chosen for the router.
2.
From the Maintenance heading of the Main Menu, select the Backup Settings menu as seen in
Figure 5-1
.
Figure 5-1:
Backup Settings menu
3.
Click Backup to save a copy of the current settings.