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All internet settings on router vanished after I changed the SSID password.
As stated above, additionally, my main PC, now plugged into LAN on router, reads as 'Device is blocked by Access Control in the router'. Other PC will connect wirelessly, and the internet settings ...
If the router will not allow access, there is no opportunity to make any changes. Although a Factory Reset is often thought of as a Last Resort (because it erases any configurations the user may have done - in my case about two hours of typo-ridden entries), this seems to the situation here.
I would Factory Reset this unit and start from scratch.
CrimpOn wrote:
I would Factory Reset this unit and start from scratch.
Often the best option.
By the way, the R6220 is an ancient (2016), bottom of the range device with less than startling wifi capabilities.
Disclaimer: Just another user with time on their hands.