Anywhere Access using the nighthawk app does not work for R7000P wifi router?

Thanks for the link, I tried the suggestion there of disabling apple's WiFi Private IP Address and Limit IP Address Tracking, but it didn't work -- still got the error message for anywhere access. But still, perhaps you are right about it being apple specific problem. Also, maybe I need to turn them off, plus reboot.

My "poor poor system" comment was specifically about the fact that: I used the netgear app to update to the latest fw, and the app confirmed that I am using the latest fw. BUT, when I look up the latest fw in netgear support, as suggested by another responder, it turns out that I DO NOT have the latest fw. If I really want the latest fw, apparently I have to download it from support and then install it. In other words, the app/GUI tells me that I have the latest fw, when in fact I do not. That is what I'm calling a poor poor system.