If youre troubleshooting connectivity issues with your Spectrum router, one of the first pieces of advice youll receive is to turn it off and then back on. While this can help with a lot of software issues, it leaves all of your settings the same and doesnt fix any settings that might have been messed up. Restarting your router like this is known as a soft reset, but if you want to clear all of your settings and start fresh with your Spectrum router, youre looking for a hard reset, or factory reset.
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