Although it seems obvious, restarting the router saves us from more than one problem and allows us to have the Internet correctly.The router allows us to connect to the Internet via cable or WiFi, navigate and use any page normally.But sometimes there is a problem, the connection is too slow or the network does not connect.Many of the small day-to-day problems are solved by restarting the router.There are several types of restart and today we explain how to do it and what they are for.If we have a problem, the first thing we do is restart the router to see if that fixes it.But it is important to restart it correctly so that this process is useful and the router restarts effectively and practically.It is also advisable that you restart the router from time to time.You can reboot your router or reset your router.Resetting is not the same as rebooting: Rebooting will only allow you to turn them off and back on, it will not delete settings or make changes to the software.It will help resolve some basic connection issues.If you want to remove all settings and factory reset, you will have to follow another process.Keep in mind that if what you do is reset the home router instead of restarting it, you will lose all the information that you have registered or modified.For example, the router password will become the factory password and not the one you entered manually to make it easier to remember.A quick reboot will usually suffice.You may be wondering when it's a good idea to restart or reset.They are different things but both are useful…If the Internet does not work, one of the first steps we follow is to restart the router since it can fix any small problem that is leaving us without connection.Before starting to test configurations or look for other solutions, it is recommended to do so.In the event that nothing works and the connection is not fixed, most carriers will encourage us to do a factory reset to try to fix it.Not only when it is not working but also when it is running too slow it can help improve the speed if there is any failure.The FBI recommended many users to reset the router in case of malware that affects all types of devices, VPNFilter.Upon restarting, the malware was rendered useless, which is why the United States federal police encouraged it to do so.When we go to restart the router, we tend to believe (wrongly) that it is enough to press the power button and press it again a second later so that it turns off, turns on and works again.You can do this and it will restart some processes, but it may not fix the problem you're trying to fix if you don't shut it down completely for more than ten seconds.The router requires a few seconds to completely shut down and all circuits stop working.If we turn off and on instantly, it may be useless to follow these instructions.You can restart your home router by turning off the button that you will find (usually) on the back.It is usually the first thing the operators tell you when you call the customer service number and say that the Internet does not work.With a quick restart from the device itself, we usually solve many problems, even if it seems unlikely.But yes, we have to do it right and following these steps.As we have explained, the first thing you should do is look for the router's on or off button and its location will depend on the model in question.Although, generally, this button is always found on the back.Once turned off, you can unplug the cables from the router, both those of the device itself and those that are connected to the plug or the current.When it's completely unplugged, wait about twenty seconds to make sure the circuitry shuts down completely.After this time, you can plug the router back in and the lights will start to turn on again.In a few minutes, it tests the Internet to see if the connection is working properly and everything improves.It is important that you do not turn off and on quickly, as we say.The router needs at least 20-30 seconds to completely shut down all processes and start again if you want to make sure everything is fixed.Nothing happens if you leave it longer.That is to say, nothing happens if you have turned off your router and you have had to go to the bathroom or they have called you on the phone.Leaving it for a minute or two won't mess up the formatting.Just turn it back on when you get back and wait for all the lights to come on.If you want to reset the router from your computer or any device, you can do it from its configuration.Go to 192.168.1.1 (or the one you have assigned as the router's local IP address) from the browser's navigation bar and access it using your corresponding password.This process will depend on the model of the router that we are using at that moment, but you will be able to access advanced configuration or its maintenance and from here you will find an option called “Restart”.By pressing, the router will start the reboot process and a few minutes later you can try it again.Although it is not necessary to do it every morning, it is useful to reboot your router from time to time.Just follow this process that will only take a few minutes.Also, it has no drawbacks.The only drawback we found is that it will take a few minutes to get back online on your devices, but you won't have to do anything else.The router has to handle a lot of information from your devices, and restarting the router improves performance.A router restart also clears its cache, so once it restarts you will have more memory available to handle all connections and processes.Also, restarting the router on the 2.4ghz band makes it search for channels with less interference once it restarts.This can cause a considerable improvement to be noticed in our Wifi.Carrying out a complete restart of the router allows us to eliminate certain problems in the management of the IP addresses that the router itself assigns to each and every one of the devices that have been connected and are connected to it.Never turning off the router can lead to saturation of available addresses to assign, even if there are already some devices that are not connected.Turning the router off and on after 10 or 15 seconds forces the history of assigned IP addresses to be erased and, therefore, there are again free addresses to be assigned to the new devices that try to connect now.Every electronic device is subject to heating of its components, especially capacitors.Components that with the passage of energy and data transfer cause them to accumulate heat, something that increases even more if our router is located in a place where heat accumulates and does not have good ventilation or is subjected to some other external agent that can influence its heating.Rebooting the router or shutting it down for a while until the router components cool down will help the router perform better.As we said before, restarting is not the same as resetting.You can restore the factory settings of the router in case you want to solve configuration problems or if your problem is not fixed with a simple reset.It can also be useful if you have forgotten the password to access it.This will erase all information.That is, your Wi-Fi access key and your network name will be the same as the default (the one that appears on the sticker, generally) And the initial firmware will also be restored without later updated versions.To reset the router, you will need to find a hole on the back of the router.Most gadgets have a small hole at the top that you'll need to insert the tip of a pencil or similar object into.Keep this button pressed for about five or ten seconds and you will see all the LED lights on the router turn on and off.Only the Power button will remain on and the router will begin to restore itself to its original configuration.The time in which you will have to press and hold the reset button may vary from one model to another, from one operator to another.For example, Orange tells you that five seconds is enough and Movistar or Vodafone ask you for 10 seconds by pressing this hole.You will also be able to reset the router without needing to look for something sharp.Go to 192.168.1.1 (or the IP assigned to the router) and follow these steps.If you have decided to reset there are a number of things we will fix, but there may also be issues…As advantages of resetting the router we can…It will come in handy if you have forgotten your passwords and access data.It is possible that you do not remember the password to access the router to restart it or to modify some parameter or setting when you access from the computer.If you have forgotten the data, it is a great advantage to follow the previous steps since this way we can change them again once they are marked by default.In case of error in the firewall configuration or in case of network configuration.If there are conflicts managing public and private IP addresses.Another option is that rebooting or resetting the router can help your public IP to change and this will help in case you have been banned on a certain web page because of your IP.If we are thinking of doing a factory reset to our router, it is surely because it is the last cartridge we have to try to solve a problem with our Internet connection.In this case, we must bear in mind that doing a factory reset implies that, as its name suggests, all the device configuration values ​​are restored to how they came when we started using it.That is, resetting the router to factory settings causes all current settings to be removed and the software on the device itself to be updated to the initial version.This can solve the problems that we had so far with our connection, however, we must bear in mind that we will have to make any changes that we had previously made in its configuration.This implies that we return to the default password, so we must proceed to change it again, as well as make any changes to the router configuration settings.Having an outdated firmware version is also not highly recommended, especially if you may have a security problem.However, if the firmware version is stable and solves our problems, we will have no choice but to keep it.It can be quite annoying if we have many devices and we have changed the password since we will have to log in one by one again.