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gelliott1
Oct 27, 2019Aspirant
using apple Remote Desktop with orbi and satellites
hi thre, can anybody tell me how I enable apple remote desktop on an orbi ? I see in my remote desktop window (apple software) that for screen sharing port 5900 is greyed out, and remote management 3...
ekhalil
Oct 27, 2019Master
Please try the suggestion in this post: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Remote-Desktop-Connections/m-p/1579895/highlight/true#M94223
gelliott1
Oct 27, 2019Aspirant
what does this mean from the link you sent please?
Specify the desired external port number
("External port range"),
- gelliott1Oct 27, 2019Aspirant
also do i need to fix the IP address of the target system? I reserved it but still shows as the old one in the attached devices list
- ekhalilOct 27, 2019Master
gelliott1 wrote:also do i need to fix the IP address of the target system? I reserved it but still shows as the old one in the attached devices list
Yes, you need to use a static IP address or a reserved DHCP IP address for the target computer.
How did you reserve the IP address? After you reserve an IP address in Orbi you need to force the computer to renew it's IP address (e.g by rebooting it).
- gelliott1Oct 27, 2019Aspirant
ekhalil wrote:
gelliott1 wrote:also do i need to fix the IP address of the target system? I reserved it but still shows as the old one in the attached devices list
Yes, you need to use a static IP address or a reserved DHCP IP address for the target computer.
How did you reserve the IP address? After you reserve an IP address in Orbi you need to force the computer to renew it's IP address (e.g by rebooting it).
will do that now
- ekhalilOct 27, 2019Master
gelliott1 wrote:what does this mean from the link you sent please?
Specify the desired external port number
("External port range"),This is the port that the remote computer (outside Orbi) will use to access the computer inside the Orbi network. This is the port that you need to forward in Orbi.
- gelliott1Oct 27, 2019Aspirant
would that be the number recommended in apple remote desktop application then? what the difference between that and this:
the internal port number ("Internal port
range", presumably 3389)- ekhalilOct 27, 2019Master
gelliott1 wrote:would that be the number recommended in apple remote desktop application then? what the difference between that and this:
the internal port number ("Internal port
range", presumably 3389)There are two ports involved. The one used for the target computer which is the 3389 you mentioned here. The other one is the port that the outside computer will use which can be either the same as the one used by the target computer, or -for better security- a different one.