myrouter.local not working (EA 4500)

[wanderers]

I thought that you're supposed to be able to type myrouter.local in order to get to the router BIOS.  It does not work for me; instead it generates a Google search.  Is there a way to get that to work? 

[jsrobison]

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wanderers wrote:

I thought that you're supposed to be able to type myrouter.local in order to get to the router BIOS.  It does not work for me; instead it generates a Google search.  Is there a way to get that to work? 

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Stop using OpenDNS or a similar DNS server.  The reason it works is because the router intercepts the DNS error.

With OpenDNS or the like there will always be a valid reply.

[wanderers]

Ok I will try that.  The only reason I care is that the security certificate inside the router seems to be registered to myrouter.local so I get an error message when I navigate to the router using its IP address.  I wanted to see whether the error goes away if get there by typing myrouter.local.

[zee29]

So what type of error message are you getting when you use the router ip?

[gv]

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wanderers wrote:

Ok I will try that.  The only reason I care is that the security certificate inside the router seems to be registered to myrouter.local so I get an error message when I navigate to the router using its IP address.  I wanted to see whether the error goes away if get there by typing myrouter.local.

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It's basically a dummy certificate. http://myrouter.local will never work.