Backup for Netgear WiFi Range Extender

The Netgear recommend that you should the configuration settings of your extender settings when the extender works correctly after initial setup.  Once you have backed the settings, you can restore the backed-up configuration settings if you can change the new settings but you are not content with the new settings.

The following are the steps that help you to back up the configuration of your Netgear Wi-Fi Range Extender.

•             First of all launch a web browser your computer.  Then in the address bar of your browser, enter the web address www mywifiext net setup.  Then you are asked to enter the login details like a username and password.  If the login prompt does not appear, then make sure to include the http:// before the web address in your browser. 

•             The default username is admin, you can type the admin for username and type password for the password. 

•             After that go to the Maintenance and enter Backup Settings.  Then by clicking on the Backup button, your browser will extract all the important configuration files from you Netgear extender. 

•             Set the location where you want to save the file if you don’t want your browser to save the downloaded files automatically.  This will save a copy of the current settings of the extender in the location you specified. 

Restoring the Saved Configuration Settings

You can restore the configuration file of the Netgear Wi-Fi Range Extender to the previously saved configuration.  To restore the extender configuration settings.

•             Launch the web browser and enter http://www.mywifiext.net.  Then you are asked to enter the username and password, type admin as the username and password as the password.

•             Now go to the Maintenance and then select the Backup Settings.

•             You can now click on the Browse button to locate the previously saved backup file.