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dsachnoff
Aug 19, 2023Aspirant
Locked Out from accessing the Orbilogin.com
I was logged in to orbilogin and I went to Web Services Management and I selected "Always Use HTTPS to access Router" and found myself locked out of the login. I guess I am not sure how this functio...
microchip8
Aug 19, 2023Master
Use https instead of http
- dsachnoffAug 19, 2023Aspirant
I did but that did not work.
Don
- michaelkenwardAug 20, 2023Guru
dsachnoff wrote:
I did but that did not work.
Turn off "Always Use HTTPS to access Router".
For years people have complained that routerlogin uses http, usually because they don't understand what us going on. So Netgear may have added the https option for the terminally paranoid.
Unless you have discovered a need for this feature, join the rest of us and turn it off.
- KevinLiTAug 21, 2023NETGEAR Moderator
Hello dsachnoff ,
If you are unable to access your router since changing the HTTPS login settings then you will need to factory reset your router to regain access.
Please navigate to the link below for video instructions on how to successfully factory reset your Orbi Mesh System:
https://kb.netgear.com/31486/How-do-I-reset-my-Orbi-system-to-factory-default-settings
Best,
Kevin
Community Team- dsachnoffAug 22, 2023AspirantI was successful using the ip address to gain access to router and I proceeded to disable the use of https.
Don