Full Product Manual

Chapter 4: Managing Your Network Extender

STANDARD PN 365-095-28246 x.1 SURFboard SBX-AC1200P Network Extender User Guide

Restore Your Gateway Configuration Settings

Caution: This action will delete your current SBX-AC1200P configuration settings and allow

you to restore a previously saved gateway configuration.

Note: After the configuration settings are restored, the SBX-AC1200P will automatically

reboot and you will have to log on using the default username (admin) and password

(password).

1. Click Basic on the SBX-AC1200P Main Menu.

2. Click Backup and Restore from the Basic submenu options.

3. Click Browse to search for a previously saved configuration file from the Downloads folder

on your computer.

4. Click Restore. The SBX-AC1200P will automatically reboot.

Restart Your Network Extender

At some point during operation, you may have to restart or reboot your SBX-AC1200P. This

will not affect your configuration settings.

There are two methods for restarting your Network Extender:

 Restart the Network Extender Using the Reset Button (page 25)

 Restart the Network Extender Using the Network Extender Web Manager (page 25)

Restart the Network Extender Using the Reset Button

To restart the Network Extender as if you power cycled the device:

1. Insert a pointed, non-metallic object into the indented Reset button on the bottom of the

SBX-AC1200P. See Connectors and Controls (page 15) for more information.

2. Press the button and release in three to five seconds.

Caution: Be sure that you release the button in less than five seconds. If you hold the button

for more than 10 seconds, the SBX-AC1200P resets and restores all of its factory default

settings.

Restart the Network Extender Using the Network Extender

Web Manager

To restart your Network Extender as if you power cycled the device:

1. Click Status from the configuration screen and select Security.