Factory reset changed my router’s gateway to a 95.x.x.x address and I can’t open the admin page

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Asked By MellowCedar42 On

I couldn't log in to my Huawei EchoLife EG8247H5's status page because I thought I had forgotten the password, so I performed a factory reset. About 30 seconds later, Windows showed that the default gateway had changed from a 192.x.x.x address to a 95.x.x.x address. The original 192.x.x.x address is printed on the device, so I'm confused about how resetting it could produce a completely different address. Neither the original address nor the new gateway address loads in a browser; both time out. My PC is connected directly to the device by Ethernet, and internet access still works normally. I confirmed the gateway with ipconfig, and DHCP is enabled.

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Answered By QuietHarbor19 On

The EchoLife EG8247H5 is commonly an ISP-provided fiber ONT/router, and the ISP may control or disable its web administration. A factory reset can also cause the device to reprovision its settings from the ISP, so the address printed on the case may no longer match the active configuration. Check the device label or provider documentation for its management address, and try accessing it while directly connected to a LAN port with the computer set to obtain an address automatically.

Answered By OrbitingPanda7 On

First verify the complete network details with `ipconfig /all`, not just the default gateway. A 95.x.x.x address is publicly routable, so it may be an ISP-side gateway or WAN address rather than the local management address. A normal home LAN would usually give your computer a private address such as 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, or 172.16–31.x.x. If your PC itself received a public address, the device may be operating in bridge or passthrough mode.

Answered By CopperMoth58 On

If DHCP gives the computer a public 95.x.x.x address and internet still works, don’t assume that address is the router’s local admin page. Check the subnet mask, DHCP server, and DNS entries in `ipconfig /all`; the DHCP server or route information may identify the actual upstream equipment. If there is no private LAN gateway and the usual management address times out, the ISP likely has the ONT in bridge mode or has locked down local administration, so they may need to restore or reconfigure it.

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