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Orbi Remote Management trouble
Hi, I want to set up my Orbi to be accessed and managed remotely. Is this possible? I am trying the Netgear genie desktop app for my PC, and it keeps failing, " NETGEAR Genie has stopped workin...
So, specifics... "can be accessed via a web browser". So can most anything connected to the internet. If you are familiar with navigating to this, it seems so apparent, so simple. If you are unfamiliar (like me) with navigating to this and setting up things on the Orbi, you either need a good instructions (which doesn't seem to be available) or clearer direction.
Is the Orbi web server you are referencing found at "http://orbilogin.net". I can access that, go to the advanced tab, look at remote mangement, but what to I need to set up exactly. I have a laptop I want to use to access my Orbi network remotely. I'm guessing that I select "Turn on remote managment", then click on "Only this computer", but then it is asking me for my IP address. When I access a network from a remote location, isn't this going to change depending upon where I am? Is so, how is selecting an IP address going to help. If I select "allow access from everyone", then I am opening up a path to my Orbi to everyone that is going to be less secure. Again, this may be simple to you if you've set it up before, but it would be more helpful to me to get either direction of better instructions from Netgear.
Thanks for any additional help!
Pflipper wrote:So, specifics... "can be accessed via a web browser". So can most anything connected to the internet. If you are familiar with navigating to this, it seems so apparent, so simple. If you are unfamiliar (like me) with navigating to this and setting up things on the Orbi, you either need a good instructions (which doesn't seem to be available) or clearer direction.
Is the Orbi web server you are referencing found at "http://orbilogin.net". I can access that, go to the advanced tab, look at remote mangement, but what to I need to set up exactly. I have a laptop I want to use to access my Orbi network remotely. I'm guessing that I select "Turn on remote managment", then click on "Only this computer", but then it is asking me for my IP address. When I access a network from a remote location, isn't this going to change depending upon where I am? Is so, how is selecting an IP address going to help. If I select "allow access from everyone", then I am opening up a path to my Orbi to everyone that is going to be less secure. Again, this may be simple to you if you've set it up before, but it would be more helpful to me to get either direction of better instructions from Netgear.
Thanks for any additional help!
I would advise you not use remote management.
"I would advise you not use remote management."
Reason?