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How to back up and restore your router configuration
Why do I need to back up my router configuration? As with any valuable data, you should back up your router configuration. Your router might contain many customized settings. Those settings would be lost if you reset your router to its factory defaults, and you would need to
NOTE
You can only back up the router configuration locally (not remotely).
To back up your router configuration:
1.Log into Linksys Smart
2.Under Router Settings, click Troubleshooting.
3.Click the Diagnostics tab.
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For save multiple backup files, include the backup date in the filename as you save.
To restore your router configuration:
1.Log into Linksys Smart
2.Under Router Settings, click Troubleshooting.
3.Click the Diagnostics tab.
4.Under Router configuration, click Restore. The Restore Router Configuration dialog box opens.
5.Click Choose File to navigate to the location of your configuration file, then select the file and click Open.
6.To restore the configuration, click Start to Restore.
4.Under Router configuration, click Backup. You are prompted to save the file.
5.Specify a file location, then click Save.
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