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Can't access admin settings on router from Mac
I can get into my my router admin page using my iphone (either with the Nighthawk app or via 192.168.1.1 in iOS safari). But when I try to do the same thing from my Macbook it says it can't connect t...
Baltharon wrote:
But when I try to do the same thing from my Macbook it says it can't connect to the server.
Which browser? Can you try an alternative?
Baltharon wrote:
....I can't connect via wired as the only PC in the house with a network port can't get onto the network at all (it says it is connected but just tells me to reset the router - which I have done over and over again).
This suggests something else is going on. Fixing that might rescue you.
What firmware version do you have on the device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.
It might also help if you told people what the modem is in front of this router. The model number could be useful. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?