Ever faced an issue with your router where you could not remember your wifi password and were stuck at the old one? Read on to find out how to recover your passwords and more by restarting your router.
Some very known issues among people and to recover their WiFi passwords or when the router’s speed is very slow and is facing issues to connect or when you feel that maybe your WiFi is hacked, the only solution in these cases will be to reboot or restart your router.
People tend to get confused as to when to reboot and restart it. A router should be rebooted when it is facing network issues and is not getting connected. To Reboot is a very simple process and can be done within few minutes. All you need to do is to unplug the wire of the router and then after few seconds plug it back to the wall. This will solve your connectivity issues.
Reset Your Router [Guide]
Now to Restart your Router you will have two types the Hard Reset and the Soft Reset.
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Hard Reset
Hard Reset means to physically reset the Router by pressing a button on it. It is a simple process but what is complicated is the restoring of the settings. It will change everything like
- Username and password of the admin to log in to the Router
- Wifi Username and password
- Wifi Security type
- Wifi Channel
- SSID
- Port forwards
- DNS settings
- Firewall settings
Steps to Hard Reset a Router
- On the back of every router is an empty hole with the word RESET
- Take a small pin and insert it into this hole and remember to keep your router on while doing this.
- Now hold the pin into the hole for 15 to 20 seconds.
- While doing this you will notice the router blink or flash or restarting directly.
- This will restart it and all the settings will be changed to the factory default ones.
- Some of the Old routers are required to be switched off before restarting it.
- Check your Manual before doing the process in case you don’t have it with you, you can always check online.
- That’s all on how to Hard Reset!
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Soft Reset
Soft Reset means resetting it through the web admin. Steps to Soft reset are:
- Check your IP address and type it in your browser.
- Now in your web interface, there are several headings given.
- Check the headings like Administration, Management, System, Maintenance or the ones that are like these. Every router has a different word for it.
- Now under any of these words, you will find Restore Factory Settings or Restore Defaults button.
- Click on the button and this will restart your router.
- By performing Soft Reset you will have a backup of your configuration files that you can later restore, unlike the Hard Reset.
- If you were having issues previously don’t configure the same settings from the backup.
- It is always advised that after restarting always create a backup of the files so that you can use them whenever it’s required.”
- Once your router is restarted, connect it to your web browser so that it configures all the settings back.
That’s all on restarting your router! We hope that you could benefit from our article!
