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How to Turn Off Anywhere Access Using Routerlogin.net?
I am trying to turn off Anywhere Access on my RAX50. My iPhone is connected to it by WiFi. In the Nighthawk app it tells me I must connect locally to turn Anywhere Access off. How do I connect loca...
- Kitsap, unfortunately, the R9000 and the RAX50 are different. You probably saw the screenshots I posted in DSL reports with the error messages. As soon as I go to Settings-Anywhere Access and then try to turn off the toggle switch for Anywhere Access, the error message pops up. There are no hot links anywhere else on the page associated with the lines or elsewhere on the page.
I’ll try to send a message to support@netgear.com with the link to this thread. Netgear hasn’t provided specific written guidance for the Anywgere Access feature for the RAX50 in the user manual or elsewhere on the Support site. The info available applies to several models, but it doesn’t work for the RAX50. I seem to be up the creek without a paddle.
Thanks for your efforts. If I find a solution, I’ll post it in this thread.
Have you even been able to find the setting for Anywhere Access on routerlogin.net?
When I open the Nighthawk App to Settings>Anywhere Access and attempt to turn off the toggle I get an error box that says:
“Anywhere access can not be turned off while you're connected remotely. Please connect locally to turn this feature off.”
1. Why would it not realize that my iPhone 13 is connected directly to the router by Wi-Fi?
2. Why does it think I am connected remotely?
When I open the Nighthawk App to Settings>Anywhere Access and attempt to turn off the toggle I get an error box that says:
“Anywhere access can not be turned off while you're connected remotely. Please connect locally to turn this feature off.”
1. Why would it not realize that my iPhone 13 is connected directly to the router by Wi-Fi?
2. Why does it think I am connected remotely?
On the phone, you might need to turn off the cell data connection so the only connection is through Wi-Fi.
The random MAC address feature on the iOS may be confusing the router as to who is connected. Short term you may need to turn it off.
On my R9000, the setting is under the Advanced tab, Advanced Setup, Remote Management.
- tried both but no joy. Thanks for the suggestion though.
I found an article in Netgear support - https://kb.netgear.com/20600/How-do-I-enable-or-disable-Remote-Management-on-my-NETGEAR-router - that suggested I might find the Anywhere Access setting at one of the following sub portions of routerlogin.net
On the BASIC Home page of routerlogin.net navigate to the Remote Management setting.
The location might differ depending on your router model and firmware version:
• ADVANCED > Remote Management
• ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Web Services Management
• Settings > Advanced Setup > Remote Management
The RAX50 routerlogin.net sub menus look like the second one above, however, Web Services Management had only three lines:
Web Services Management
Local Management:
[check box] Always use HTTPS to access router.
I have searched every other routerlogin.sub menu for Anywhere Access or Remote Management and have not been able to find either.
The Anywhere Access setting exists in the Nighthawk app, but it won’t let me turn off Anywhere Access because of the reasons in this message — https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r33679511-Why-Does-RAX50-Think-My-iPhone-Is-Remotely-Instead-of-Locally-ConnectedAttempting to configure, troubleshoot, or manage a router via an application on a mobile device is a folly at best. Otherwise you end up just where you are at.
Two other options. Turn off the application on your phone and attempt to connect through a web browser on your phone.
The other option is to borrow a real computer or invite a friend over with a real computer and connect through a web browser over the Wi-Fi.
- I’ve tried to find Anywhere Access or Remote Management in routerlogin without the Nighthawk installed on the iPhone at all. They don’t seem to exist for the RAX50 remotelogin version.
I’d be curious to see if someone else with an iPhone and the nighthawk app can actually turn anywhere access on and off or whether they get the same error. I do have a laptop, I just haven’t used it in several months. I stop carrying it when traveling and can do virtually everything I need with the iPhone. I’ll try a laptop, tablet, and android phones are safe and the nighthawk app will permit Anywhere Access to be disengaged.