The invention discloses a method for recovering configuration information of network equipment, which comprises the steps that: after receiving the command for recovering the configuration information, the network equipment automatically reads the saved log files; that whether the records of the log files comprise saving command is judged, if so, configuration command is found from the saving command; if not, the configuration command is found from the initial position of the log files; the found configuration command is utilized to generate configuration files to recover the configuration information of the network equipment. The method of the invention fully makes use of the characteristic that the log files record the configuration command, which can realizes recovery of the configuration of network equipment which is lost owing to not being saved in time. Corresponding to the method, the invention also provides a device for recovering the configuration information of network equipment.