If you (or perhaps a friend) have made changes to the WiFi settings or firewall rules on your router, you may like to take a backup of the settings. This is useful in case you ever need to return your router to factory default settings and means you can then restore settings.
Save a copy of the settings on the router
To save a copy of your router's settings from a computer connected to your Bright Box router:
- From a computer connected to your Bright Box, go to 192.168.1.1 (opens in a new tab or window)
- The router's LOGIN SCREEN will open
- Enter the username and password for the admin pages
- The username is admin (all lower case)
- The password can be found on a sticker on your router - Click LOGIN
- The STATUS page will open
- Select ADVANCED
- You'll be prompted to proceed with caution - select ACCEPT
- Select Tools and then Configuration
- Select BACKUP
- If required, select to Save the file to a memorable place
- The file will usually be saved to your computer's downloads folder
- You now have a backup of any configuration changes that you've made to your router
You may like to move the file from your downloads folder, to a more memorable location on your computer.
Restore router settings from a backup
- From a computer connected to your Bright Box, go to 192.168.1.1 (opens in a new tab or window)
- The router's LOGIN SCREEN will open
- Enter the username and password for the admin pages
- Click LOGIN
- The STATUS page will open
- Select ADVANCED
- You'll be prompted to proceed with caution - select ACCEPT
- Select Tools and then Configuration
- Select Restore
- Click Browse
- Double-click to select the file backup.bin from the location you saved the file to, e.g. your Downloads folder
- Click Apply
- Click OK to confirm that you want to restore your router's settings
- The backup file will install on your router
- After 99 seconds you'll be redirected to the router login screen. Your previous router settings will be restored
Tip: If the router login pages don't load, try refreshing your browser.