This guide shows you how to reset your Trendnet GS8100 router. This is not the same thing as rebooting a router. Every time your router loses power it reboots. Resetting a router erases all settings from it and returns it to factory defaults.
Warning: Make sure that you fully understand the following before resetting your router. The following settings will be changed in your router:
- The router's login credentials are reset to factory defaults.
- All WiFi login information and network names are reset.
- Your ISP settings are reset, which means you will have to contact your ISP to get them back.
- Any firewall settings, parental controls, and port forwards that you have configured will be removed.
Resetting your router should be considered the last step. Before you reset your router, you may want to try recovering your router password with our Router Password Finder.
Other Trendnet GS8100 Guides
This is the reset router guide for the Trendnet GS8100. We also have the following guides for the same router:
- Trendnet GS8100 - How to change the IP Address on a Trendnet GS8100 router
- Trendnet GS8100 - Trendnet GS8100 Login Instructions
- Trendnet GS8100 - Trendnet GS8100 User Manual
- Trendnet GS8100 - How to change the DNS settings on a Trendnet GS8100 router
- Trendnet GS8100 - Information About the Trendnet GS8100 Router
- Trendnet GS8100 - Trendnet GS8100 Screenshots
Recover Password in Trendnet GS8100
Instead of resetting your router back to factory settings, you may want to try running our Router Password Finder first.
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 Trendnet GS8100
Usually there is a reset button located on the back or bottom of a router. What you are looking for is something that looks like this:
Reset buttons are usually tiny. Yours may look slightly different than this. Sometimes the button is under a pinhole, and you need a paper clip to push it.
Keep an eye on the lights on the front of your router while holding the reset button down for about 10 seconds. The lights on the front of the router should do something different when the reset happens. Keep holding the button as long as you want, it will not hurt anything to hold it down too long.
Remember, this will erase everything you have previously done to this Trendnet GS8100 router.
Only do this once you have exhausted all other troubleshooting options, such as running our Router Password Finder software, which can recover a lost router password for you.
Login to the Trendnet GS8100
Now that you have finished resetting your router, you need to log in using the default username and password from the factory. You can find all of the information that you need in our GS8100 Login Guide.
Change Your Password
Do not forget to change your router's default password when you log back into it. Leaving a router password set to default is a very serious security risk. Our Choosing a Strong Password guide talks about choosing a strong password for your router.
Tip: Write your new password down on a note and tape it to the bottom of your router for future reference.
Other Trendnet GS8100 Guides
If you want additional help with your Trendnet GS8100 be sure to check out some of our other guides.
This is the reset router guide for the Trendnet GS8100. We also have the following guides for the same router:
- Trendnet GS8100 - How to change the IP Address on a Trendnet GS8100 router
- Trendnet GS8100 - Trendnet GS8100 Login Instructions
- Trendnet GS8100 - Trendnet GS8100 User Manual
- Trendnet GS8100 - How to change the DNS settings on a Trendnet GS8100 router
- Trendnet GS8100 - Information About the Trendnet GS8100 Router
- Trendnet GS8100 - Trendnet GS8100 Screenshots