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Kippa44's avatar
Kippa44
Aspirant
Aug 09, 2021

connect XR500 router on web browser

I cannot connect into the router so that i can port forward

12 Replies

  • > Model: XR500|Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router

     

       Connected to what?

     

          https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/ct-p/en-home-nighthawk-pro-gaming

     

    > I cannot connect into the router so that i can port forward

     

       "cannot" is not a useful problem description.  It does not say what
    you did.  It does not say what happened when you did it.  As usual,
    showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
    messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
    descriptions or interpretations.

    • Kippa44's avatar
      Kippa44
      Aspirant

      I used to be able to see all the connections on my PC and be able to mange them.  Now all that is available is the downloaded app?? why has this altered?

       

      • antinode's avatar
        antinode
        Guru

        > I used to be able to see all the connections on my PC and be able to
        > mange them. [...]

         

           That's nice, but with my weak psychic powers, I can't see what you
        did then any better than I can see what you're doing now.

         

        > [...] Now all that is available is the downloaded app?? [...]

         

           Says who?  Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model
        number, and look for Documentation.  Get the User Manual (at least).
        Read.  Look for "Use a Web Browser to Access the Router".  Further
        reading might not hurt, either.

         

        > [...] why has this altered?

         

           I see no evidence that anything has changed, only a bunch of vague
        assertions that some invisible thing doesn't work in some unspecified
        way.  Hence the requests for some actual information.  Which part of
        "not a useful problem description" or "actual" did you find unclear?