ZyXEL Communications NBG6503 User Manual

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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Router
NBG6503 User’s Guide
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1.4  Good Habits for Managing the Router
Do the following things regularly to make the Router more secure and to manage the Router more 
effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different 
types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier 
working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you 
forget your password, you will have to reset the Router to its factory default settings. If you 
backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the Router. You 
could simply restore your last configuration.