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melmorkae
Aspirant
Sep 05, 2022

NightHawk Gaming XR500 Router

I received an email stating that I need to update my firmware. With that being said I cannot log on via admin, even tried to reset router and tried again. Now what can I do ? I can't get in to the ro...
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melmorkae
Aspirant
Sep 06, 2022

Which browser are you talking about? I have tried thru my Nighthawk app, also tried routerlogin.net & neither will let me in. 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 06, 2022

MS Edge or FireFox should work after you factory reset the router and setup from scratch with a wired PC and either of those web browsers pointed to 192.168.1.1...