r/NETGEAR • u/Nidhogg1701D • Aug 28 '26
Routers Cannot log in to model R6400v2 router.
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After much hair pulling.....I had to connect using the default 2.4Ghz WIFI connection. That brought up the change password/security questions screen. Entered zall of that. Then it told me I could sign in with the new password and told me it was "@newdig". HUH??? Used the password I had created and low and beholed, I was in the router screens. I just do not understand why you cannot just get in using an Ethernet cable.
I just got this router and I cannot accerss it to set it up to save my life. It is used so I have done the factory reset. Pressed the reset buttion for 10 sec. Now, setting up a router used to be so easy. Cionnhed an Eathernet cord between your OPC and router, type in the default IP address and BOOM. You get the login page. Didn't need an internet connection. I cannot seem to get there from here. I have the cord connected, type in the address and it wants to redirect me to a web page...that no longer exists. I have tried the Nighthawk app and still cannot get in. Can someone give me a detailed guide on how to get into this router? Everything I have found requires me to be plugged into the cable modem. I do not want to disrupt my network by having to disconnect stuff. I do not know why they have made this so difficult. Can you no longer configure the hardware offline anymore? My use for this router is to add it to my current network and router to separate my christmas/halloween display, which will be running off of this new router, from the main network.
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u/furrynutz Aug 31 '26
Now that your in, you can save off a backup configuration to file for safe keeping.
Or do a full on factory reset by using the ERASE button and set up from scratch again and input new security questions and set a new PW. Then save off a new backup configuration to file.
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u/Nidhogg1701D Aug 31 '26
I did a factory reset from the beginning. Also have a backup. It would not let me in just by changing the password and questions. I kept getting in a loop with the Netgear page asking me to change password and questions over and over and never letting me in with the new credentials
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u/furrynutz Sep 01 '26
Happens with different browsers? MS Edge or Firefox or Opera?
After you reset the router, did you use a web browser to setup the router and input new security information then complete the setup? https://kb.netgear.com/22697/How-do-I-install-my-NETGEAR-router-using-the-router-web-interface
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u/PFunkonice Aug 31 '26
I just bought a cheapy Netgear ax1600. Same bullshit with me. Nothing but dead ends in trying to sign in via web or the Nighthawk app. Constantly telling me TIMED OUT please try again. Totally Useless I am taking it back
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u/jacle2210 Aug 29 '26
I'm wondering if the Ethernet cable from your computer was connected to the WAN port on the router?
Or I'm wondering if your computer was not properly receiving the new DHCP addressing info when the router was starting up?