Windows 10: Router page opening in new tab instead of Bing.com

A few days ago our internet wires were accidentally pulled from the wall. Called the company and said they'd send someone the next day to fix it.

I opened Firefox to do some offline reading, clicked new tab, which is set to Bing.com, knowing it would open an error couldn't connect to server page, but instead, it redirected itself to my router. That's never happened to me before.

I tried opening Bing.com in chrome and got the expected error page. Opened Firefox on another PC, straight to my router instead of Bing.com.

Is this normal?

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How do I get plain Bing as a homepage instead of the Bing - Search the Web page with blank address bar and requently used pages?

I apologize for harping on this but have you done this exact procedure?

Internet Options> (General tab)> Tabs> When a new tab is opened, open:

Your first Home page.

There's nothing unusual about the New Tab page you're seeing. If Bing is your default Search Provider, that search box will be on the New Tab page. The question is why you can't get your Home page to open instead of the New Tab
page.

One more test... Internet Options> Tabs> When a new tab is opened, Open: A blank page. Try that change. See if it takes effect/sticks/persists.

* * * Also... You are definitely having this problem with Internet Explorer, not Edge, right?

Don

 

How do I get plain Bing as a homepage instead of the Bing - Search the Web page with blank address bar and requently used pages?

Sorry, I've already done that, but the page keeps coming back. Bing.com is showing as my home page and when I click the Home Page Icon the Bing.com (only) page is opened. If I click an empty tab then the Bing- search the web page with recent pages displays.

 

A router/gateway does not interact with web pages. Also you cannot use Firefox offline, because it will come back with a page not found error.

As for the Bing page, that is normal with Windows 10, if Firefox carried over the stuff from Internet Explorer.

It is directing you to your router, because some act like a Proxy when they do not have a connection to the outside world. The problem is with your connection to your ISP on your Gateway device, not your computer or the browser.