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I really hope they are able to fix this soon...
I really hope they are able to fix this soon. I really don't want to have to completely factory reset my router!! I have a lot of home automation stuff that would all have to be touched. Most of t...
Have people tried a factory reset and setup from scratch using a wired PC and web browser pointed to HTTP and 192.168.1.1?
I have not tried personally. If I factory reset won't they push the same firmware back to me again at some point and won't I be right back here again?
If they can force a firmware update to fix this that would be much easier than asking everyone to set everything back up again from factory default. Given that they forced a firmware update that broke this for at least some subset of users. How many people just haven't looked at their Management UI lately, probably loads.
I looked at my 7 series this morning. I set it back to v.13 last nite. Re-updated to v2 this morning at 1AM. I was able to get in to the RBRs web page fine using HTTP. Also Orbi app is working too. Thought I have Private Address and IP Tracking disabled on my phone. Orbi is in AP mode as well. I'll be trying Router mode later today.
- Ouch... Confirmed with Netgear that is was a firmware update to the latest version and the ONLY way to fix it is a 30/30/30 factory reset.