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jdrch
Apprentice
May 27, 2019
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Sign in for NETGEAR Dynamic DNS fails

Per the BR500's user manual, page 43, BR500 users should be able to set up and register a free Dynamic DNS account. However, the instructions don't work.   First of all, when I tried the steps on t...
  • jdrch's avatar
    May 27, 2019

    So this is interesting: I used an entirely different email address and it worked. The reason it failed, apparenlty, is that the free NETGEAR account is actually provided by No-IP, and they both use the same user database. So if you have (had?) a previous No-IP account, either use the corresponding credentials to log in to the free NETGEAR option or sign up for a new account using a different email address.

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