ORBI is blocking HTTPS websites that are not explicitly defined in URL. To unblock any https website, do the following: Log into to your router admin console (https://orbilogin.net) Click on Advanced Tab Click on Security >> Block Services Click Add Click on Service Type DropDown and Select HTTPS Click Add to save Your all set. Close out admin and then retry ORBI admin console as just orbilogin.net and waalaa.Add Https as unblocked service

jeffbr26 wrote: ORBI is blocking HTTPS websites that are not explicitly defined in URL. To unblock any https website, do the following: Thank you. This fixed the same problem I was having as well! It begs the question why by default are these routers set to block HTTPS sites which are not defined in the URL? I'd imagine heaps of people will be puzzled running into this issue.

ok, i'm going to try and answer this, as i was having the same problem - and the answers were just very confusing. Background----1. my network had a ATT ROUTER that the ATT guy put in place. Internet was up and running and was good, as long as i was close to the router. So I bought the Orbi - because the review and people at Best Buy said it was "just plug in and everything is good and will fill the whole house and outside"2. It doesnt work that way - here is why (in my terms (im sure i will get this wrong)3. The ATT ROUTER is sending out an IP address that allows your home to access the internet4. As soon as you connect the ORBI - without doing anything else, it too will send out an IP address5. this is fine, except that now the IP addresses have a conflict and wont let certain websites connect - i dont know the technical reason why - it just does. 6. so... HERE IS THE KEY... you have to turn off the ORBI system, from generating its own IP address, and use the one the ATT Router generates, and ONLY use the ORBI to expand the wireless network throughout the house. In order to do this you need to change the ORBI from "ROUTER MODE" to "ACCESS POINT" or AP mode... they dont make it easy to do this so i found this YOUTUBE VIDEO 7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LOcJ8GdDo 8. i had to watch the video all the way through once so i knew what was going to happen, and then i watched, and then paused at each step and actually did the same thing. 9. It worked. 10. basically there will be a login to the ORBI device by typing "orbilogin.com" in a browser--- the login is "admin" / "password" meaning that is the code... user name = "admin" and password = "password"--- follow the video, pause every step and do exactly what it says - and it will work. 11. they really should have a external button that does this and you choose from the very beginning before plugging into your providers Router. hope this helps - in my plain english...

Were you able to figure out how to log in to orbilogin.net? I can't get to log in.

I have read all the support and still can not figure out what to do... please keep answers simple as that was the whole reason i went with the orbi system. it is an Orbi RBR40 with 3 satelites connected to att uverse - i cant even find this in the netgear drop down. issue: Orbi is not connecting to websites - even the the orbilogin.net website is being blocked and asking for a passwordbackground: i connected the orbi to my ATT uverse modem that was installed the previous day. Internet was running perfectly with the att router that was provided. I simply unplugged the att router and then plugged in the orbi router to expand the broadcast. what is the step by step approach to fixing this? and please dont say "Configure the modem for transparent bridge mode"- i have no idea what this means... - i have the orbi app on my phone and thats about it. i cant seem to connect to the orbi on my computer, because of this issue. - i have read about turn of double IP settings, or turn off this or that - but can not seem to find a simple step by step approach to fixing this problem that i was assured was an out of box solution for a simple person like me. Please help.

Sorry but this does not work. I can't get to the console page because I am blocked - it's a catch 22. Please can someone explain in PLAIN ENGLISH how to fix this? I bought this because it is supposed to be simple to set up. I am not an IT expert so need steps in simple language not jargon. Thanks

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LuckyGolden
Aspirant
Oct 30, 2019
- LuckyGolden
  Aspirant
  Oct 30, 2019
  I can't correct problems with Orbi RBR20 router not allowing access to some websites, not recognizing my location with other websites (one site is in French language and thinks I am located in France--I do not speak French or live in France!). Can't log into the orbi website I am being referred to: https://orbilogin.net because I receive these messages:
  Your connection is not private
  Attackers might be trying to steal your information from orbilogin.net (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more
  NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 31, 2019
    Factory reset the RBR. Use a different browser to connect to 192.168.1.1
    You can proceed past the notiifcation of the connection is not private.
    LuckyGolden wrote:
    I can't correct problems with Orbi RBR20 router not allowing access to some websites, not recognizing my location with other websites (one site is in French language and thinks I am located in France--I do not speak French or live in France!). Can't log into the orbi website I am being referred to: https://orbilogin.net because I receive these messages:
    Your connection is not private
    Attackers might be trying to steal your information from orbilogin.net (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more
    NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
U2-5
Aspirant
Dec 25, 2019
Hello I am blocked and cannot get on the orbilogin.net site in order to correct the problem. When prompted to login, it does not allow me to open the site with my username and password. I also have the app, but cannot find a way to do this.
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Dec 26, 2019
  What Firmware is currently loaded?
  What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
  U2-5 wrote:
  Hello I am blocked and cannot get on the orbilogin.net site in order to correct the problem. When prompted to login, it does not allow me to open the site with my username and password. I also have the app, but cannot find a way to do this.
pippaN
Aspirant
Jan 18, 2020
Fails because orbilogin.net is one of the sites blocked!!!! Duh.
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jan 18, 2020
  What Firmware is currently loaded?
  What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
  pippaN wrote:
  Fails because orbilogin.net is one of the sites blocked!!!! Duh.
talktochad
Initiate
Feb 23, 2020
I've read the solutions listed here, but unfortunately I can't even login to the Orbi site, as it's restricting it as well. I type in UN/PW and it says the site is not secure. This is both on wifi and through ethernet/direct connect. WTF?
- schumaku
  Guru - Experienced User
  Feb 23, 2020
  talktochad wrote:
  ... I can't even login to the Orbi site, as it's restricting it as well. I type in UN/PW and it says the site is not secure.
  Accept that the browser says it's not secure while using your home Ethernet/wired or the Orbi served WiFi.
  
  Ask the browser maker WTF they consider a connection on a private network insecure and why they have no option to change it...
  
  Netgear had a nice solution for using even https, and it nicely showed up green and secure. Some over-smart security "specialists" out there complained, so Netgear had to remove the perfectly working certificate. So we are back to plain http or https with a self-signed certificate.
  
  You are nagging at the wrong end of the chain.
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Feb 24, 2020
  Did you update FW to v2.5.1.8?
  talktochad wrote:
  I've read the solutions listed here, but unfortunately I can't even login to the Orbi site, as it's restricting it as well. I type in UN/PW and it says the site is not secure. This is both on wifi and through ethernet/direct connect. WTF?
notjoeone
Aspirant
Mar 06, 2020
Can't even log into the website AND the certificat for a Netgear website has expired. That doesn't make me very confident in a company that is supposed be branded by "security".
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Mar 06, 2020
  What Firmware version is currently loaded?
  What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
  What browser are you using? Happens in IE11, FF or Opera?
  notjoeone wrote:
  Can't even log into the website AND the certificat for a Netgear website has expired. That doesn't make me very confident in a company that is supposed be branded by "security".
Spgleason17
Initiate
Apr 02, 2020
Unable to access website to change settings
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Apr 02, 2020
  The RBRs web page?
  What NG Orbi do you have?
  Spgleason17 wrote:
  Unable to access website to change settings
jflorez
Initiate
Apr 05, 2020
Thank you. I had the same issue after switching from Comcast to fiber optic. I could not access some websites and certain apps such as Netflix (I could access it but I couldn’t stream). When i logged into the fiber optic’s wifi i was able to access those pages. But when i logged into Orbi, I couldn’t. After digging around I found this post and it solved it. Just add the https protocol so Orbi does not block it when the website does not specifically specify it in its URL. Thanks
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Apr 05, 2020
  Thanks for letting us know.
  
  Enjoy.
  jflorez wrote:
  Thank you. I had the same issue after switching from Comcast to fiber optic. I could not access some websites and certain apps such as Netflix (I could access it but I couldn’t stream). When i logged into the fiber optic’s wifi i was able to access those pages. But when i logged into Orbi, I couldn’t. After digging around I found this post and it solved it. Just add the https protocol so Orbi does not block it when the website does not specifically specify it in its URL. Thanks
Sasquatch80
Aspirant
Jun 18, 2020
Thank you so much for this solution! I wired into each satellite as well as the router and confirmed internet was working. My PC and phone were connecting just fine, but my Fire Sticks and Samsung TV's were failing to connect until I found your post. As soon as I saved the setting my TV connected.
zero71
Aspirant
Jun 20, 2020
The fix in the op works for me for an hour or two and then I'm locked out of some websites again until I log back into Orbi admin, edit the https rule created and reapply it without change. It's really annoying to need to do this all the time. This url is a good example of one I can't access without doing the above.

https://support.meetcircle.com/

Is there a permanent fix?
Dinew30
Aspirant
Sep 09, 2020
My question is why is it setting not made that way from the factory. You know this issue exists fix it in updates. I have had two like this so far...And as I am a computer repair technician and I recommend products for my customers I’m sure I will have more

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