How to Reset Your Home Network

Posted on 22 November 2008

There are lots of people who doesnt know hot to reset and restart their home network, therefore I am writing this article to help you people. You can follow this article if our internet is not working before you call Tech Support. You may need to print this page for if your internet goes down / when you switch your computer off.

home network 300x264 How to Reset Your Home Network


1.) Shut down your computer.

2.) Unplug the power to your modem. This is the box from your cable or DSL provider.

3.) Unplug the power to your VOIP phone adapter. If you don’t have one skip this step.

4.) Unplug the power to your router.

5.) Wait 45 seconds.

6.) Plug in your modem and wait for lights to stabilize on a specific pattern. (Usually takes about 1 minute)

7.) Plug in your router and wait until the lights stabilize or the router has started up.(Usually takes about 30 seconds)

8.) Plug in your VOIP phone adapter (if you have VOIP service) and wait until you have a dial tone on your phone again. If you don’t have VOIP or know what VIOP is, skip this step.

9.) Start your computer.

10.) You have now completed a power cycle and you should be able to get back online.


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