Talking of rebooting things and being afraid:

So, last night, I upgraded the firmware of my router and access point. (No, it didn't help.)

The router all went fine, but when I upgraded the firmware on the Vigor 903, the login page wouldn't appear. "Oh Fook!" of course, it was at this point Channel 4 decided to play up, right in the middle of Bake Off. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Bellowed the wife.

Oh, I tried everything: ping, checking the DHCP tables, and even trying to access the 903 from the router management screen. "It doesn't affect the TV! Catchup is via the TV aerial," I said. The wife was not convinced as I hammered away at the keyboard, desperate for a solution.

Yeah, it helps if you do Ctrl+F5, Pete, you know, clear the browser cache. 🤦‍♂️