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Cannot login to AC2300 router
2 days ago I bought a used router, a NETGEAR Nighthawk AC2300 Cybersecurity Dual-Band Wi-Fi Router - RS400-100NAS. and I have been trying to login since then. Insane isnt it. I have been doing this ...
I did the full factory reset. Then I again used my Dell work laptop to access the login page with a LAN cable.
I used IPCONFIG to find and try all the IP Addresses.
Then I tried all the IP addresses also routerlogin.net, also tried both chrome and edge also turned the firewalls off.
Not one of these things would allow me to connect to the router.
In desperation I took the whole upstairs setup apart and brought it downstairs to my personal desktop.
192.168.1.1 connected immediately.
It forced me to change the password, I really wish it hadnt because I have a memory like a sive and I am old.
How are my family going to access it? Presumably a factory reset will reset it anyway, so what is the point of it?
I was then able to change the default wifi passwords, turn off the guest account and confirm auto update is set.
Now I am going to give my work IT dept a piece of my mind. I wasted 3 days on this nonsense.
IF you need to use the ISP modem as your host router, then it's recommeded to use the NG router in AP mode.
IF you can get into the NG router after a factory reset with the NG router disconnected from the ISP modem.router, you can get up the NG router for AP mode and get it configured. Set a static IP address on the NG router, something on same IP address pool as the modem router uses. Then use this IP address to access the NG router in AP Mode at any time that you need to manage it.
You'll need to set wifi channels between the Arris and NG in AP mode to far appart on 2.4 and 5Ghz.
I did the full factory reset. Then I again used my Dell work laptop to access the login page with a LAN cable.
I used IPCONFIG to find and try all the IP Addresses.
Then I tried all the IP addresses also routerlogin.net, also tried both chrome and edge also turned the firewalls off.
Not one of these things would allow me to connect to the router.
In desperation I took the whole upstairs setup apart and brought it downstairs to my personal desktop.
192.168.1.1 connected immediately.
It forced me to change the password, I really wish it hadnt because I have a memory like a sive and I am old.
How are my family going to access it? Presumably a factory reset will reset it anyway, so what is the point of it?
I was then able to change the default wifi passwords, turn off the guest account and confirm auto update is set.
Now I am going to give my work IT dept a piece of my mind. I wasted 3 days on this nonsense.