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NBG6817 User’s Guide
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1.4
Good Habits for Managing the NBG6817
Do the following things regularly to make the NBG6817 more secure and to manage the NBG6817
more effectively.
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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.
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Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
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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 NBG6817 to its factory default settings. If you
backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the NBG6817.
You could simply restore your last configuration.
1.5
Resetting the NBG6817
If you forget your password or IP address, or you cannot access the Web Configurator, you will need
to use the
RESET
button at the back of the NBG6817 to reload the factory-default configuration
file. This means that you will lose all configurations that you had previously saved, the password
will be reset to “1234” and the IP address will be reset to “192.168.1.1”.
1.5.1
How to Use the RESET Button
1
Make sure the power LED is on.
2
Press the
RESET
button for one to four seconds to restart/reboot the NBG6817.
3
Press the
RESET
button for longer than five seconds to set the NBG6817 back to its factory-default
configurations.
1.6
The WPS Button
Your NBG6817 supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), which is an easy way to set up a secure
wireless network. WPS is an industry standard specification, defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to
configure security settings manually. Each WPS connection works between two devices. Both
devices must support WPS (check each device’s documentation to make sure).
Depending on the devices you have, you can either press a button (on the device itself, or in its
configuration utility) or enter a PIN (a unique Personal Identification Number that allows one device
to authenticate the other) in each of the two devices. When WPS is activated on a device, it has two
minutes to find another device that also has WPS activated. Then, the two devices connect and set
up a secure network by themselves.
You can use the WPS button on the rear panel of the NBG6817 to activate WPS in order to quickly
set up a wireless network with strong security.