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Hello, Please let me know that how to update Belkin wireless router firmware. I am trying to update my Belkin router firmware. But don't know how to update.Help me.

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Update Belkin Wireless Router Firmware:

Belkin wireless router is much advance wireless router which comes with some interesting feature like its frequency band is 2.4 GHz and it works on radio service set ID authentication mode and It works on static IP routing protocol. Belkin router comes with two antennas. Belkin router works on wired and wireless connectivity technology both. It is developed by Belkin.

Suppose you are using Belkin wireless router and some time you might face some connectivity issue. Some time firmware is the main cause of not to established successful connection between your Belkin router and your connecting device. So in this case, firmware is required to update for your Belkin wireless router.

Firmware is basically required to enhance the performance of your Belkin router and update Belkin wireless router firmware might resolve your wireless router issue which you had been facing with previous version of your Belkin router.

So in this article, we are discussing how to update Belkin wireless router firmware in simple steps.

Important Steps to Update Belkin Wireless Router Firmware:

First you need to connect your computer with Belkin wireless router with Ethernet cable for stable connection. So during firmware update time, you will not face any kind of difficulty or your update might not be failure. If you perform firmware update operation through Wi-Fi, there might be change to fail your firmware update.

You need to take backup of your router’s settings before updating firmware.

Following Steps are Required to Update Your Belkin Router’s Firmware Manually:

Check Your Router’s Model and Version Number: Version number and model number of your router is easily found on seeing a label which is located at the bottom of your router.

Download the Latest Firmware: You need to download the latest firmware file from the Belkin support site. Follow on screen instructions to download the latest firmware. If you are facing any kind of issue in downloading latest firmware, you may try another browser to download the latest firmware and you can also clear the cache of your browser.

Tips: Belkin router has save setting and restore previous setting features that allow you to take back up of your router’s current setting and retrieve the back up setting.

Perform Update: Performing update process can be done through router’s web interface. First you need to launch browser by entering web address 192.168.2.1 in the address bar of your browser then press enter.

Note: 192.168.2.1 is the default IP address of your Belkin router.

  • You need to click on login which is located at the top right corner of the page.

  • In the next screen, you have to enter the password if you have. If you have set it up any type of password, leave it as blank and then click on submit.
  • Once you login the Belkin router’s web interface, you need to click on utilities section which is located at the left navigation panel.
  • In the utility section, click on firmware update link.
  • Now you need to click on browse to located the updated firmware file, which you have downloaded and save it on your computer.
  • After selecting the appropriate firmware file, click on update button.
  • In next step, you will be prompted to continue with upgrade, click on OK.
  • Then a prompt message will warn you and advised you not to turn off or reboot your router at the end of upgrade . Then click on OK.
  • Now will see the firmware update status to running or progressing and at this time, you have to make sure computer should not be turn off and you are not authorized to reboot your router during updation time.
  • Once the update process becomes complete, a warning message will come out to warn you to wait for few seconds for applying changing.
  • Once all the things are done, you need to click on OK and your router is start rebooting process.

Note: If you are experience any kind of failure during firmware update, you need to power cycle your Belkin wireless router and restart your computer before running firmware update again.

If this procedure does not work for you, you need to follow this same procedure on different computer to isolate the issue further. If issue is still persist after adopting above solutions, you need to reset your router with factory default and try to run the update again.

You should now have update firmware successfully for Belkin router. If you lost internet connection during update, you need to restore configuration which you have set previously for your router.

If you still facing issues, you can contact Belkin technical support.

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