Why can't I connect to my router's config page with Windows 7?
- by user17940
I've got a Belkin wireless router, and just bought a new Dell computer with Windows 7 pre-installed. I can connect to the Internet and my home network just fine, but when I try to visit my router's configuration page at http://192.168.2.1, I get a "Connection was reset" error. Nothing I do will make the router's configuration page come up in my web browser.
More background information:
I could always get to the router's config page from my Windows XP machine. I never had any trouble prior to getting this Windows 7 computer.
I can ping 192.168.2.1 successfully from my Windows 7 computer.
My PC is connected to the router by a physical CAT5 cable, not via wireless.
Every device connected to my router, including the new computer, can get to the Internet with no problem.
Here are some things that did not solve the problem:
I tried turning off IPV6 in Windows.
I tried turning off my firewall and antivirus software
I tried using https instead of http
I tried disabling and then enabling the network connection in Windows
I tried reverting my network card driver back to an older version
I have tried both Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers.
Has anyone experienced something like this before, and solved it?
Thanks a lot for your help!