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Can't access the Router Login page (again)
Background: I am a Microsoft and Cisco certified network engineer for many years and configured thousands of modems/routers/switches etc etc. Bought a new X6 R8000 router and did a factory reset ...
Ok finally got to the login page by connecting to the 5GHz band. Put in 192.168.1.1 and the router asked login name and password. Used the default login info to log in and immediately flashed DD-WRT and all good now. Still strongly suggest Netgear remove the restrictions for login from Ethernet which is unnecessary.
I don't have Kaspersky installed. I use Comodo CIS free edition. So the solutions didn't work for me.
The problem looks like in the router's "start.htm" script. It's trying to identify where I connect from but it had bugs in it or somehow can't identify my connection even I AM connected on WiFi. So it still thinking I am on Ethernet. The most dumb thing is why Netgear blcoking Ethernet connection from configuring the router? What's the point? If you can configure the router from WiFi, then why not allowed from direct Ethernet cable connection? Isn't it give Netgear and their customers trouble for nothing?
I had something similar just the other day.
I had DD-WRT on my R7000 and I had a network problem with a printer. Decided to go back to Stock NG Firmware (V1.0.7) and I could NOT reach the R7000's configuration page much less the login prompt... I could not get to the Internet either but could get to the Modem page (192.168.100.1). It also failed using ROUTERLOGIN.NET?
I used the link on my desktop it seems that went to 192.168.1.1/start.htm. All I got was unable to connect....
Well I think entered 192.168.1.1 into the URL and it finished it as 192.168.1.1/start.htm, so I backup up and took off 'start.htm'. All of a sudden I see the NG log and it said it was searching for a router? Huh??? Went through a few screens and it asked me to change the router P/W... and then it came back with it was all set up and the SSID's and P/W's for them. Then had me log into NG's account. At that point I used the desktop link to 192.168.1.1/start.htm and it worked fine.
Try clearing your browser cache, it might be changing the URL for you.