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Interesting problem connecting to routerlogin.net
Hi, I have a RAX54 and I'm able to get it setup and configured but I run into a weird problem where I can no longer access the routerlogin.net page after I've completed the setup and make a few upda...
Follow-up: I had a chance to try it with 192.168.1.1 and that has the same issue. I'm also getting the dup ack in Wireshark there too.
When you reset it (to access it and change lan) , did you test after each change at what point the gui became in-accessible?
Soooo.... this makes no sense to me at all but the issue is/was: *drum roll*
A Sandisk USB drive/stick plugged into the USB port!?!?!?
I reconfigured everything, one step at a time, rebooted, cleared cache, etc. after each step. I made it all the way to the finish line - it was working, awesome! Put it back into it's 'home' and plug the USB drive back in - *bam* connection reset.
The only explanation *sort of* that I could think is that, once it gets plugged in, the USB drive is getting published as a media server and everything on the network starts to scan it and the router throws up a block on traffic to the IP altogether. I don't know - it's crazy! My next step would be to plug in the USB and disable the media server but I've already spent too much time troubleshooting and I have ethernet cables going all over my house. If I have a free minute, I'll try that out and see but, as of now, I can access the routerlogin page *and* type this message. Crazy, I know!
Thank you, plemans for hanging in there with me on this! Not a great conclusion but I got it working. I'll also update my ticket with Netgear support.
Glad to see it was a usb drive causing issues. I have had that happen long ago with an old school cisco router that crashed because of the media on a drive. Same kind of issue