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Windows 10 devices cannot access router settings page (R6250)
So after many hours of troubleshooting (resetting router, reflashing firmware, trying multiple devices) I think I've found out why I get the message "192.168.1.1 refused to connect": Windows 10. All ...
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Try disabling the Windows Firewall, temporarily.
Frankly, that's really odd behavior. Do you have anything else in your network? Switches? A second router? Is Internet Connection Sharing enabled on any of the PCs?
I did have switches and an AP in my network before, but all the recent testing I've been doing has been with it disconnected from my main network, and whether the device is wired, wireless, on its own or with other devices connected to the router, it still seems to just refuse windows 10 devices. I don't think Internet Connection Sharing is enabled on any of the PCs, I've never really heard of that and I'm guessing it's not something I could really enable by accident.
Also the problem first started when I connected an old router to use as an AP but forgot to disable DHCP on it, but I'm not sure if this is just coincidence as even after resetting and reflashing it refuses Windows 10 connections to the settings page, and happens when it's disconnected from my main network.
Maybe it's some sort of setting specific to Windows 10? Or a security setting in the router? I really don't know what I'm talking about tbh but just wondering if there's any settings I can change to try and fix it.
I'm gonna upgrade a Windows 7 computer that can access the settings page to Windows 10, just incase it's a huge coincidence that my 3 Windows 10 machines can't access the router but all others can.
Also sorry for writing so much lol.
Are your Windows machines treating your network as public or private? If it's public, then Windows may be trying to protect you. Set the network to private. OTOH, this doesn't explain why non-Windows 10 devices stop working, too. Bizarre. I don't have this problem with my Windows 10 machines.
It was public on my laptop. I tried setting it to private and restarting the router. Didn't work. So then tried restarting laptop and router. Didn't work. I didn't have this problem on Windows 10 until recently (until I added the AP, but I think this might just be a coincidence).
I'm upgrading a Windows 7 machine that can access the router fine now to Windows 10 to see whether it can still access it on Windows 10.
Is there, by any chance, an IP address conflict? Perhaps another device is using the same IP address as your router.