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Cannot use Anywhere access any more
My Orbi Router Model RBR10 does not seem to have the Anywhere access feature any more. It was working some 2 or 3 years ago but now I cannot use or enable it. According to this article it would be ra...
Thank you, I tried that already and that didn't work.
The user is correct. Netgear has removed Anywhere Access from the Android version of the Orbi 'app'.
(I believe this has been reported on the Forum already.)
Just now, I installed the Orbi app, version 2.41.2.4183 for the first time on a new Android tablet. Although connected locally, the Settings screen does not have an entry for Anywhere Access. Thus, there is no way to activate it.
My Android phone, running the same version of Orbi app, connects by default using Anywhere Access and says that Local Access is available. Anywhere Access appears on the Settings menu. If I attempt to disable Anywhere Access, the app refuses saying that it is necessary for connecting remotely. (duh)
I shook the tablet and created a Bug Report. (Takes a LOT of shaking to get the Bug Report to appear on a tablet!)
Thus, Anywhere Access can no longer be enabled on the Android version of the Orbi 'app'.
This is my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 FE pad Android OS connecting to my 970 series Orbi system:
And same pad connected locally to the same Orbi system:
Shaking my pad up and down vertically a couple of times made the bug submit popup appear quickly.
Yes, this is exactly the problem. When Anywhere Access has been enabled on the Android 'app', the app defaults to Anywhere Access and cannot be disabled. When connected Locally, there is no menu option to enable Anywhere Access.
Users who have not previously enabled Anywhere Access are unable to. (i.e. "screwed")
