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r7000 router can't reset and can't connect anymore.
Hi,
I just bought this router for bridging capabilities in my student apartment.
I connected it by wire and the first disapointment, I discovered you can't use security in bridge mode?!?!?!? ...
Well decided to RMA it back to the store. They somehow performed a firmware update (no idea how since I could not acces the interface).
It's working perfectly now.
Pretty weird though that this doesn't work out of the box.
Thnx all.
You need to hold the reset button for at least 7 seconds.
Yes I did that.
Odd. Well, we'll have to go about it more indirectly. Connect the R7000 WAN port to another router's LAN port using an Ethernet cable. Log into that router and find the IP address assigned to the R7000. Use that IP address to log into the R7000. Once in, go to Advanced > Administration > Backup Settings. There you can select Erase to revert to factory settings.
Once you do that, wait for the router to restart. Then, connect a computer to any R7000 LAN port. You should be able to connect to routerlogin.net or 192.168.1.1.
I can't use the other router in the building because I don't have access to them.
You're not making this easy. Are you sure the reset button isn't working? :smileyhappy:
Here are two other options. Ping every IP address in your subnet. You can write a script with a for loop to do this automatically. Hopefully, there are no more than 253 to try. Then look at your ARP table and find the IP address that matches up against the MAC address for your Netgear.
Enable Internet Connection Sharing on your PC's Ethernet port and connect to your R7000 WAN port. Your R7000 should request an IP address from your PC. This will often be 192.168.137.2.