Netgear R4500 – N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Manual Do Utilizador

Restore the Factory Settings and Password

You can erase the current configuration and restore factory defaults in two ways:

Use the Erase function of the router (see 

on page 81).

Use the Reset button on the back of the router. See 

restore the factory settings and the router fails to restart, or the green Power/Test LED 
continues to blink, the unit might be defective. If the error persists, you might have a 
hardware problem and should contact technical support at 

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Troubleshoot Your Network Using the Ping Utility

Most network devices and routers contain a ping utility that sends an echo request packet to 
the designated device. The device then responds with an echo reply. You can easily 
troubleshoot a network by using the ping utility in your computer or workstation. 

Test the LAN Path to Your Router

You can ping the router from your computer to verify that the LAN path to your router is set up 
correctly.

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From the Windows toolbar, click Start and select Run.

In the field provided, type ping followed by the IP address of the router, as in this example:

Click OK.

You should see a message like this one:

Pinging <IP address > with 32 bytes of data

If the path is working, you see this message:

Reply from < IP address >: bytes=32 time=NN ms TTL=xxx

If the path is not working, you see this message:

Request timed out

 If the path is not functioning correctly, you might have one of the following problems:

Wrong physical connections

For a wired connection, make sure that the numbered LAN port LED is lit for the port to 
which you are connected.