Wireless router etc.

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I've never had to save any configurations. The guy who set it up set it up, and it's worked ever since. Until now.

Eventually every configuration needs resetting or is somehow corrupted by confusion.

Get an Ethernet cable. Makes setting up a modem simpler. Generally, everyone should have at least one computer hardwired to the modem or router so that problems are solved easier. Later you can use that same computer via WiFi. But setup is easiest when hardwired.

I also locate a summary printout underneath each modem. Then I know what the passwords are and other unique configuration settings. No way can I remember a unique modem setup years later when a configuration is eventually corrupted. Also handy for the lineman who must restore an existing setup. He has information unique to that setup rather then just leave some incomplete default setting.