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Microsoft Edge and now Chrome browsers cannot connect to router via http://
RBR50 Orbi Router and satellites - version: 2.7.5.4
Microsoft Edge and now Chrome browsers cannot connect to router via http://. I had to download Firefox browser to get this to work today. Ple...
I finally got this to work using Windows 11 and Edge by going to the Privacy option. I added an exception rule in the manage enhanced security for websites tab to include http://192.168.1.1. I also changed the Orbi configuration to not use https:// for web management login. This change fixed chrome to but I'm not sure why (cache maybe). Go figure.
cnsdave wrote:
RBR50 Orbi Router and satellites - version: 2.7.5.4
Microsoft Edge and now Chrome browsers cannot connect to router via http://.
I have used Chrome and Edge and they work just fine.
I have Edge in there right now. (I don't use Chrome much these days.)
But you may have to jump through a security warning.
I finally got this to work using Windows 11 and Edge by going to the Privacy option. I added an exception rule in the manage enhanced security for websites tab to include http://192.168.1.1. I also changed the Orbi configuration to not use https:// for web management login. This change fixed chrome to but I'm not sure why (cache maybe). Go figure.
cnsdave wrote:
I also changed the Orbi configuration to not use https:// for web management login. This change fixed chrome to but I'm not sure why (cache maybe). Go figure.
That one has lot a lot of people. Setting https breaks things.
michaelkenward wrote:
That one has lot a lot of people. Setting https breaks things.
Hmmm. I am aware that modern web browsers complain about both types of web connection:
- HTTP because unencrypted connections are by definition "not secure", and
- HTTPS because the router's web SSL certificate is "self-signed" and thus not authenticated by one of the well-known certificate authorities. (See Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority )
Browsers can be told to proceed to the Orbi web server in both situations.
What sort of things does https "break"?
