🌐 Routers & Home Networking
Gateway addresses, admin logins, status lights and reset procedures for the routers and hubs used in the UK — including what each manufacturer actually documents.
The 30-30-30 router reset is wrong, and here is what each manufacturer actually says
The 30-30-30 reset came from a specific class of old hardware and does not apply to modern routers. Here are the hold times each manufacturer actually documents.
Read article →How to find your router's address when you do not know what router you have
Four ways to find the address that opens your router's settings page, including how to read it off the device you are already using.
Read article →What the lights on your router are telling you
Router status lights follow a small number of patterns across every make. Here is how to read them, and which ones mean the fault is not in your house.
Read article →Locked out of your router: what actually works, by make
Some routers let you back in without losing your settings. Others genuinely cannot be recovered. Here is which is which, and what to do in each case.
Read article →Modem mode and router mode: what changes, and why your settings page moves
What modem mode actually does, why it changes the address you use to reach your hub, and when it is worth turning on.
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