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Oct 27, 2016

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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 ...

Installation

Huike
Nov 05, 2016
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.

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Aspirant

Jan 18, 2017

Very same problem with R7000. Very simple setup, modem, Ethernet, R7000, Ethernet to computer, cannot login to router. Have tried everything suggested on Netgear help, FAQ, even called NetGear tech support, cannot access router admin pages. Same message appears every time.
I currently have a Netgear N900 installed, running fine, and can access login using Ethernet.
I sincerely believe that Netgear has gone into production with defective firmware, and can do nothing at all to help.

michaelkenward

Guru

Jan 18, 2017

Unfortunately, there can be various reasons for this behaviour, which is why there are so many subjects on the same theme. (You could search the forum for the topic, which is not normally modem dependent.)

You need to go through the troubleshooting systematically, investigating all the possibilities.

If it is any consolation, I have yet to see this one tracked down to defective firmware. That usually causes other symptoms.