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MR60 Brand new will NOT activate Access from Anywhere
I literally purchased this a X 1800 mesh Wi-Fi router and satellite just yesterday. Despite multiple hours on chat/phone with tech-support nothing will resolve the error when I attempt to activate Acc...
> [...] purchased this a X 1800 mesh Wi-Fi router and satellite [...]
And connected it to what? Some kind of modem, or some other router,
or what?
> [...] I have seen reported in other threads here [...]
Thanks for the helpful links.
> Some error occurred [...]
You have to admire the engineering that went into that app.
> Firmware was updated [...]
As always, an actual version number would be more useful than your
opinion of what's "updated" today.
Lack of any useful informtion as antinode already mentioned ...
There are some overly secure ISP own DNS filtering or cloud provider's services like OpenDNS in some profiles) filtering many kinds of cloud systems, prohibiting to resolve the correct serive-IP addresses required to enable for Netgear's Anywhere Access.
Not sure this second if the MR60 does allow to configure alternate, different from the ISP default DNS IP addresses, e.g. Google's 8.8.8.8 and/or Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 in the Internet connection settings.