Nighthawk rax50 reset
When you want to return the router to factory default settings and cannot or do not want to use the web interface.
Steps
This process erases all settings that you configured in the router.
Marked CAUTION by the manufacturer Source: Manage Your Router, Return the router to its factory default settings, pp. 109, 110
- Find the Reset button on the back of the router.
- Press and hold the Reset button with a straightened paper clip for at least 10 seconds, until the Power LED blinks.
To avoid the risk of corrupting the firmware, do not interrupt the reset. For example, if you are connected to the router web interface, do not close the browser, click a link, or load a new page. Do not turn off the router. Wait until the router finishes restarting.
Marked WARNING by the manufacturer Source: Manage Your Router, Return the router to its factory default settings, pp. 109, 110
- Release the button and wait about two minutes while the router restarts.
- Log in to http://www.routerlogin.net with the user name admin and the password password.
The rear-panel description on page 12 gives at least 10 seconds; the factory reset section on page 109 gives at least five seconds. After a reset the LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1 and the DHCP server is enabled.
Source: Hardware Setup, Rear panel and Manage Your Router, Use the Reset button Source: Hardware Setup, Rear panel and Manage Your Router, Use the Reset button, pp. 12, 109, 110
Other RAX50 procedures
- How to reset the router from the web interfaceWhen you can log in and want to erase the configuration.
- How to reset the admin passwordWhen you forgot the admin password and had enabled password reset on the router.
- How to connect a device with the WPS buttonWhen a device supports WPS and you want it on the router's WiFi without typing the password.
- How to change the WiFi name (SSID)When you want a new network name for the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band.
- How to change the WiFi passwordWhen you want a new WiFi password or security option.
- How to update the router firmwareWhen the router pages show a firmware message, or you want to check for new firmware.
- How to upload a firmware file to the routerWhen you want a specific firmware version, or the router fails to update automatically.
- How to set up the router as a WiFi access pointWhen you want this router to add WiFi to a network that another router manages.
- How to turn off the router LEDsWhen the LEDs are too bright.
Sources
- User Manual, Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router RAX50 and RAX50v2. NETGEAR, Inc. Document 202-12630-02, revision January 2023, 2023-01, 160 pages, en-US. downloads.netgear.com (PDF). Listed on the manufacturer's support page. Retrieved 13 November 2026.
Page numbers are the numbers printed in the manual. Where this page and the manual differ, follow the manual.