HP 480 manual To Clear the Router, N o t e, Features

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Router Operation

Resetting the Router, Clearing the Passwords, and Clearing the Router

To Clear the Router

The combination of the Reset and Clear buttons restores all factory defaults, including configuration defaults; removes the manager and user passwords; initiates transmission of a series of Bootp requests to facilitate (optional) automatic configuration from a remote source. (Refer to ‘‘4. Plug In and Verify the Router Hardware’’ on page 1-22.) Use this procedure, as described below, to clear the configuration if it is so corrupted that you cannot access the router from the console.

In step 3 below, ensure that you release the Clear button within five seconds of releasing the Reset button. That is, holding the buttons in too long—until either the Self-Test LED stops flashing (on newer model routers) or the Fault and Net Fail LEDs begin to flash (on older model routers)—prevents the clearing procedure from working. (In newer models, the router goes into a diagnostic utility; in older models, it goes into a test loop.) If this happens, recover by restarting the clearing procedure.

1.Press and hold the Reset button, then immediately press and hold the Clear button.

The Reset button protrudes slightly; you can press it with your finger. The Clear button is recessed. Press it with a non-conducting pointed implement like a wooden pencil or a toothpick.

2.Release the Reset button.

3.Release the Clear button within five seconds of releasing the Reset button. The router will then reboot in the factory default. If automatic configuration has been enabled via Quick Remote or a Bootp server (and the proper network configuration), then the router will reconfigure itself to the configuration it received from the remote source. Otherwise, the router remains in the factory default.

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