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gereta
Aspirant
Jan 13, 2018

Alexa in AP mode - easy workaround

I’m fresh owner of Orbi and I was a bit disappointed that in AP mode I cannot use Alexa for enabling/disabling guest network. Even enabling in Netgear Genie the Remote Managemet it doesn’t work. In web interface is the option disabled...??! After searching net for a while I did not find any solution how to fix it. Maybe this helps to someone. Im not sure whether is some better remedy for this out there...

After an hour looking under the Orbi’s hood I found easy workaround. Because service is running and is connected to AWS we need to enable RM.

I have no idea why Netgear disabled this option in AP mode...?!

 

Howto:

Open in browser: http//your-orbi-router-ip/remote_fail.htm

After warning page the “Netgear’s disabled” remote management page will be displayed.

Tick “Turn Remote Management On” checkbox then click APPLY button and enjoy your Alexa.

 

Btw: running latest fw at RBK40, but it should work on any

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  • gereta's avatar
    gereta
    Aspirant
    Jan 14, 2018

    I would like to add a few comments...

     

    For community guys:

    You can jump directly to Remote Managemet page (without redirecting from fail) by entering: http://YOU-ORBI-ROUTER-IP/FW_remote.htm

     

    For Netgear team:

    I don't have time to dig into GUI code, but there is set "enable_ap_flag" to 1 and then Remote Management is disabled too (except other required items).

    Removing Remote Management out of this dependancy - when "enable_ap_flag=1" will fix the issue and users will be able to set Remote Management accordingly.

     

    If I change in adv_index.htm

    var enable_ap_flag="<% cfg_get("ap_mode") %>";//bug 24666 according to the page 128 of spec 2.0,add AP mode

    to

    var enable_ap_flag=0;

    then I get enabled all items in Advanced Setup menu. This is not for regular users, because they can mess up the configuration if they can see all options without knowing the consequences. Would you be so kind and fix this in next release, please.

    I know you are reading this! :-)