Even after reset, Can't access WNR3500Lv2 w AdvancedTomato

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Ambee17
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Even after reset, Can't access WNR3500Lv2 w AdvancedTomato

Even after 30/30/30 full reset of my NetGear WNR3500Lv2 running AdcanedTomato, I can't access the router over ethernet (or wireless) from my Windows 10 Pro laptop!

The default IP of the router after reset is 192.168.1.1, but whenever I try connecting, Firefox always says: "Firefox can't establish connection to the server at 192.168.1.1"

The problem may be related to the IPv4 adapter settings in Windows' Ethernet Properties panel.  What settings should I use? No one ever documents this.  I've tried leaving all the entries blank, but I get the message above.  I've also tried using the following settings

IP address: 192.168.1.2
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS 1: (blank) OR 192.168.1.1

But that gets the same error message as well!

What am I doing wrong?  What else can I try?

Thanks!

Ambee17
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I tried disabling IPv4

I tried disabling IPv4 autoconfiguration and the DHCP service, and now I'm getting time-out messages instead of  "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 192.168.1.1".  That's progress, I suppose...

 

Ambee17
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Never mind.  For some

Never mind.  For some inexplicable reason, the router reset did NOT reset it's config IP, so when Itried the custom IP I set up previously, it worked!

surprise