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Returning to original firmware after ExpressVPN R6700v3 — Nighthawk AC1750 -
I have been running ExpressVPN successfully on my Nighthawk AC1750 - R6700v3 for the past year. I will be switching to BitDefender and would like to have the original firmware installed back on the N...
After getting back in a text chat with support for another 1.5hrs the solution took about 5min.
I hate how it took that long but here it is.
They suggested I try expressvpnrouter.com:8080expressvpnrouter.com is how you access the router dashboard/interface
the :8080 didn't work but I got the idea to try the routers ip address and :8080
This worked!
For example 192.168.123.1:8080 in my browser
This took me to a different interface that was dd-wrt. I was easily able to login as admin with my same admin and pass and then uploaded the most recent firmware.
Initially this didn't work.
I uploaded the file and expressvpnrouter.com was no longer accessible, nothing was couldn't do anything. When I checked what the ip address of the router was it was the same.
So I decided to reset it, bingo once it loaded up I had netgear firmware/interface installed.
Wish they would have told me about :8080 from the beginning, would have saved at least 2hrs of my time.
Hope this saves someone elses the time.
As far as I'm aware they don't have a community forum like this and I have already talked with support there and they don't have an answer but did tell me this is a known issue with no actual solution after they ran me through everything I have already tried.
After getting back in a text chat with support for another 1.5hrs the solution took about 5min.
I hate how it took that long but here it is.
They suggested I try expressvpnrouter.com:8080
expressvpnrouter.com is how you access the router dashboard/interface
the :8080 didn't work but I got the idea to try the routers ip address and :8080
This worked!
For example 192.168.123.1:8080 in my browser
This took me to a different interface that was dd-wrt. I was easily able to login as admin with my same admin and pass and then uploaded the most recent firmware.
Initially this didn't work.
I uploaded the file and expressvpnrouter.com was no longer accessible, nothing was couldn't do anything. When I checked what the ip address of the router was it was the same.
So I decided to reset it, bingo once it loaded up I had netgear firmware/interface installed.
Wish they would have told me about :8080 from the beginning, would have saved at least 2hrs of my time.
Hope this saves someone elses the time.