On Friday 21 April 2006 01:33, Tony Nelson wrote: > At 6:17 PM -0400 4/20/06, Bob Goodwin wrote: > ... > > >I think you could hold [reset] for an hour and no get back to defaults. > > Tech support requested ten seconds and thought that was longer than > > required, I was watching my watch ... The [WET54G] instructions also > > suggest cycling the power which also accomplished nothing. Presently it > > is working on this XP box but I still can't access it with the specified > > 192.168.1.226? I bought it because it requires only an ethernet input, > > the required drivers are supposed to be built in. > > ... > > I would expect that pressing reset only reboots the router. Restoring to > factory defaults is something else. Some routers allow it to be done > through another means, such as a serial port (as mine does), or through the > firmware updater. I'd see what the manual said. > And some have a small hole that requires a paper-clip inserted and held for several seconds. And some 'tech support' folk don't know the difference between rebooting the router and a factory re-set. Anne
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