This guide shows you how to reset your Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX router. This is a much bigger deal than a router reboot. Turning a router off and back on again causes a reboot. A Router Reset completely erases the router and returns it to factory settings.
Warning: Make sure that you fully understand the following before resetting your router. The following settings in your router will be changed:
- The router's login and password are reset.
- All WiFi login information and network names are reset.
- Any ISP settings saved in your router will be removed. You may have to contact your ISP.
- All port forwards, firewall settings, and parental controls that you have configured will be removed.
A router reset is the last step you should take in recovering your router's password. You should be sure that you have tried to at least recover your router password using our Router Password Finder before resorting to a router reset.
Other Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX Guides
This is the reset router guide for the Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX 6.1.5.0.1b9-MGCP. We also have the following guides for the same router:
Recover Password in Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX
If the only reason that you are resetting your router is because you forgot your router password, then you may want to try running our Router Password Finder instead of resetting your router.
Router Password Finder can save you a ton of time by recovering your lost or forgotten router password instead of doing a full router reset.
Router Password Finder - Recover Lost or Forgotten Router Passwords
Do not do a full router reset until after you have tried every other option to log in to your router.
Reset the Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX
You can usually find a small reset button on either the back or the bottom of a router. What you are looking for is something that looks like this:
Even though yours may look slightly different, you need to look for a tiny button. Sometimes the reset button is under a pinhole on the back of the router, and you need a paper clip to push it.
Watch the front panel lights while you hold the reset button down for at least 10 seconds. The lights on the front of the router should do something different when the reset happens. You cannot hold the button too long, and it will not hurt the router to hold the reset button down for longer than 10 seconds.
Keep in mind that this will completely reset your Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX router.
This last step should only be taken if you have tried everything else, such as using our Router Password Finder software, which can recover lost or forgotten router passwords.
Login to the Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX
Now that you have finished resetting your router, you need to log in using the default username and password from the factory. Our CGNV5-MAX Login Guide has all of the information that you need.
Change Your Password
You need to change your router's default password after you log in for the first time. The factory default passwords for routers are very well known. Our Choosing a Strong Password guide can help you pick a strong password for your router.
Tip: A great place to write your new password down is on a piece of paper taped to the bottom of your router.
Other Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX Guides
Here are some of our other Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX guides that you might be interested in.
This is the reset router guide for the Hitron Technologies CGNV5-MAX 6.1.5.0.1b9-MGCP. We also have the following guides for the same router: