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APPENDIX C
Firmware Recovery
The detail instruction in Emergency/Failure Recovery Button
1. Recovery procedures for non-working routers (e.g. after a failed firmware upgrade
flash):
Hold the Emergency/Failure Recovery Button on the back of the modem in. Keep this
button held in and turn on the modem. Once the lights on the modem have stopped
flashing, release the Emergency/Failure Recovery Button. The modem's emergency-
reflash web interface will then be accessible via http://192.168.1.254/ where you can
upload a firmware image to restore the modem to a functional state. Please note that
the modem will only respond via its web interface at this address, and will not respond
to ping requests from your PC or to telnet connections.
2. Recovery procedures for a lost web interface password:
After turning the router on press the Emergency/Failure Recovery Button on the back
of the modem, and hold the button in until all lights on the modem flash and it reboots
with factory default settings. The login will be reset to admin and the password will be
reset to admin, and the modem will be accessible via its default IP address at
http://192.168.1.254/
Before powered on the router to enter the recovery process. please
configure the IP address of the PC as 192.168.1.1 and process step by
step.
1. Power the router off.
2. Hold the " Emergency/Failure Recovery Button”.
3. Power on the router. Then Router's IP will reset to Default (Say
192.168.1.254)
4. Upload the firmware.