User manual NETGEAR FIRMWARE RECOVERY

[. . . ] NETGEAR Firmware Recovery Utility c. On the setup screen, click Next and follow the prompts. The utility will automatically test the firmware in the router to check that it is indeed corrupted and, if so, will automatically attempt to recover the router using a known good copy of the firmware. 2. [. . . ] Click Backup Settings in the Maintenance section of the menu. and navigate to the configuration file stored on your PC, which will be a file with a . cfg extension. Click Restore to recover your firmware configuration settings. Maximum completion time: 15 minutes. When to Use the Utility You only need to use this utility if the firmware on your NETGEAR router is corrupted. Generally, this will only happen if you lose AC power to your router or computer while you are updating the firmware. To determine whether or not the firmware is corrupted: d. 1. Check the status of the Power LED, firmware is corrupted. If the LED blinks continuously, the When the firmware recovery is complete, the utility will start the Configuration Assistant automatically. Recovering your Firmware b. 1. Make sure your PC is connected to your router and the router is powered on. You can run the Firmware Recovery Utility either from the CD that came with your router or the Netgear Update Assistant program group. To run the utility from the CD, insert it into a CD drive on your PC. If the CD main page does not appear, double-click Autorun. exe on the CD. The Firmware Recovery Utility will be either directly accessible from the initial navigation screen or from the menu entry Supporting Software. [. . . ] If you did not save any configuration settings when you originally set up the router, simply follow the prompts. Otherwise, after the router has detected your Internet connection type, change the URL in your browser to http://routerlogin. net/, and then continue from step b above. [. . . ]