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Re: R6700 v3 AC1750

DJL2
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R6700 v3 AC1750

Devices attached via my R6700 v3 all disconnected.  Router and devices would not accept my ID and password.  I finally reset the router to factory settings (ID: admin; passwod: password), R6700 wouldn't accept these either.  When I tried to address router through 192.168 1.1 IP address or routerlogin.net, it asked for my password again, which it again wouldn't accept.

 

Unless the router is dead (even though its lights are working), I can only think of few options.  My 2-year-old MacBook Pro has no ethernet port.  My brand new Mac Mini does have one, but I'd have to move box, screen, keyboard and mouse into where the router lives.  My old MacBook Pro also has one, which I am charging up to see if I can access the router via ethernet.

 

Netgear wants $40 to get a "support plan" for 6 months.  Amazon will sell me the same model router for $90.  Neither is a great option.

 

Because $40 is steep, especially if all they can tell me is that the router is dead, and $90 is merely an even more expensive alternative, I'd be inclined to try a different manufacturer's product rather than buy one that could present me with the same problem as I now have.

 

Does anyone here have any other suggestions to get this one to run, or even to find out whether it is able to run at all.  I'll be grateful for any assistance.

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plemans
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Re: R6700 v3 AC1750

When you reset, did you push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds while it was powered on? 

I've seen many just click on the button. 

another thing is password managers. make sure they're disabled. I've seen them overwrite what people have written into text fields

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DJL2
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Re: R6700 v3 AC1750

Thanks for helping.  I did hold the reset for about 10 seconds, but I did not know about the password managers.  I did recently install one, but I also tried connecting with another computer without one.

 

I may be out of the swamp, thanks to a 10-year-old MacBook pro that has both a hard drive and an ethernet port.  Now I just need to sort out changing the ID and password correctly.  I changed the admin password, not the login one.  Then I decided to go to bed before I started really messing up.  If it will let me set the PW to what it was before the mystery problem, I won't have to go around changing it on all the formerly connected devices.

 

Thanks again.

 

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plemans
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Re: R6700 v3 AC1750

Its a bunk system as the admin login isn't changeable. 

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DJL2
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Re: R6700 v3 AC1750

Not much use then?  I paid the ransom and the first expert upped the time to hold in the reset button from 7 seconds to 30.  When it still didn't work, the second expert had me hold it in for a full minute, while SIMULTANEOUSLY dis- and reconnecting the power cord SEVEN times.

 

That's what they don't tell you about unless you pay the ransom.  Now I've lost my main printer's connection and am again going to have to fiddle with the mystery router.  That amortizes the ransom over TWO calls at $20 apiece.  I just need more Netgear FUBARs to get the individual "support" down to single digits.

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Retired_Member
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Re: R6700 v3 AC1750

I'm done with NETGEAR. I used to love their equipment, but I bought the R6700v3 and I am torn between 2 choices. I either have to use an older firmware to get the full speed I'm paying for from my ISP or use the newer firmware and only getting about half (sometimes 3 quarters) of the speed I pay for. I know a ton of people have this same issue and netgear has failed to provide a patch to fix the issue. I am done with netgear, this is completely unacceptable, keeping a router up to date with firmware is essential in maintaining security for a network, no one should have to choose between security and speed when they're paying for a specific network speed. SHAME ON YOU NETGEAR, I used to love netgear and I always recommended them, no more. NETGEAR, you have lost a loyal customer and I will never recommend netgear ever again. PEACE OUT BITCHES

Model: R6700|Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Router
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