Linksys wrt54g reset button?

Question

if i press the reset button on my linksys wrt54g router, will my internet mess up? i have no security on it so i'm just worried that after i reset it the internet won't work or somethin? or is the internet and the router not connected really?

Answer 1

If you don't want to lose your settings, the best way is to back them up either by Print-screening the router configuration page or by using the backup tool found in the Adminstration tab.

Pressing the reset buttons for more than 30 seconds (as outlined in above answer) will cause your router to REVERT TO FACTORY DEFAULTS.

Pressing the reset button once will cause your router to REBOOT. Rebooting does not make you lose your settings.

The router config page for most WRT54 routers is http://192.168.1.1

Answer 2

If you hold down the reset button for 30 seconds or more, your settings will be lost, and if you have customized your router through the administrative interface at all, you'll have to make changes again to restore them. But to correct zombie who said that the reset will put the router into factory settings, that is NOT true unless you hold down the reset button for 30 seconds (see http://www.tech-faq.com/forgot-linksys-r... ).

If you just reset it (or unplug it for like 5 seconds and plug it back in), you'll lose internet briefly but everything else will go back to normal once it boots back up.

Answer 3

the reset would configure the router back to the factory settings...

if you had setup a name for your network, you would need to do that again...

if it is cable, then there shouldnt be any issues. if it is DSL, you would need to configure the username and password again...

if your laptops or computers access through MAC authentication or with WEP, then you would need to configure the router again...