Cannot connect to locally connected devices - router/NAS

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I just rebooted my Mac to find that I cannot access any devices on my local network using Brave yet I can with Safari.

I get the following error:

This site can’t be reached

http://192.168.1.254/ is unreachable (also tried https://192.168.1.254)

ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE

The IP address is correct.

I was using the device literally minutes before I rebooted. I can’t help but think that the answer must be staring me in the face but I’m clueless at the moment.

I can also connect to my NAS via Finder and Safari - so it isn’t a problem with the router or NAS - it must be something about Brave.

Any ideas, anybody, please?

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I searched “ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE” and it brought me to a link (see below)
The first thing it brings up is the DNS

Maybe head here and see if that’s messing with it:
brave://settings/security?search=DNS

If not try the rest of the suggestions in the link below afterwards :man_shrugging:
e.g. Clearing data, see if an extension is messing with it, etc.

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Thanks for the reply.

I went through all of the suggestions that applied to Mac (some were Windows or Android only). So, I have:

Rebooted the router
Cleared Brave cache
Deleted site cookies
Deleted all data related to 192.168.1.254

Disabled all extensions

Disable Shields

Flushed the DNS cache (Mac)
Flushed the DNS cache (Brave)
Changed the DNS server (Mac)

These last three ought to have been unnecessary given that I am using the router’s IP addresses.

Nothing worked so I finally tried connecting to a WiFi relay rather than directly to my router and that worked. I’m not sure what to do now - maybe I have to play around with the router’s network settings.

Very frustrating and not what I need after midnight (UK).

Thanks again.

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@okulo have you checked as mentioned at links below?

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Thanks for the reply.

Brave was already permitted access to the local network but it would have been weird that I had been accessing it already before the reboot if it did not have access.

Anyway, the issue seems to have resolved itslef - which is annoying from a troubleshooting perspective - and after having accessed the router/NAS via the WiFi repeater, I can now access them directly via the router’s WiFi.

I don’t know what happened but for an hour or more I was refreshing the Brave page, quitting Brave and repeatedly trying many of the suggestions as well as rebooting my Mac.

So, problem inexplicably gone away rather than solved.