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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 13:28:25 EDT lnxw48a1
   #Asus router homepage becomes unreachable once browser has visited asus\.com. https://www.snbforums.com/threads/router-asus-com-not-working-on-firefox-anymore.80351/
   
   https://mastodon.social/@trwnh/108901604225341650
   
   HSTS blocks access to router.
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 14:25:13 EDT GeniusMusing

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      This is something I have never encountered in all my years of using Asus routers. But then I also have all of my critical network items (router(s), switch's, WAP(s), servers, etc) assigned static IP Address and I use the address to connect to them. I think the only time I might have used the router. address is on a new/freshly reset router to connect to it the first time but then the IP Address is usually a 192.168.x.x address so it is not that hard to find.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 15:59:54 EDT lnxw48a1

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         @geniusmusing It sounds like a firmware upgrade redirects IP address access to router.asus.com. I have always used IP addresses directly for any in-network access. Apparently, #Asus did not consider how this requirement plus #HSTS would interact.
         
         My entire network is offline right now (other than some phone hotspotting during this extended move), but I now intend to do all my network config from a #RasPi that is only used for in-network management tasks.
         1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 17:26:36 EDT GeniusMusing

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            @lnxw48a1
            What I think it is actually doing is a preset static DNS entry pointing to itself because most non tech people can type an address that is words but numbers seem to confuse them. Also, most people only have a single router/internet connection. I checked the router. address and I got "Unable to connect" because I am using my two routers as AP's and have a non asus router.