Hello again community. This request for help is on the heels of my other thread WFI drops Antinode gave me some suggestions and I looked into them. I finaly decided I should do different firmware as they suggested since my everything else has failed and the drops are now every three days. I tried logging into my router, but my login popup says "Your connection to this site is not secure" it then refuses my login and forces me to enter into password recovery by asking me for my Serial number and security questions. These are then followed up by the same popup that my connection is not secure and the cyce begins again. I'm UNABLE to login to my router. I've tried different web browsers and computers and with the same results. I even tried the android app Netgear Nighthawk, but that's giving me "request timed out" errors on sign-in. Nothing has changed since my last succesful router login. I'm able to game, stream, browse etc.. all functions are fine that I can tell.
> [...] it then refuses my login and forces me to enter into password > recovery by asking me for my Serial number and security questions. > [...]
Netgear cleverly added a password recovery scheme to the firmware on some models a while ago, but failed to test it adequately. The result seems to be an endless loop if you never provided the correct answers to the security questions. The usual remedy is a settings reset (and
manual reconfiguration) of the router.
> If all else fails I'm thinking I may have to do a factory reset. Does > this sound appropriate?
Thanks for the quick reply. I forgot to add, that I already tried the 192.168.1.1 access point with no success. I try to search the forums as best as possible so I'm not wasting anyone's time. So it looks like a factory reset. Thanks again!
