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Orbi App Anywhere Access not working
Can’t enable the Anywhere Access in the Orbi App. Every time I try, I get the message “Something went wrong, sorry about this. Please try again”. Anyone know how to solve this problem? ...
for the love of god. Why is there no Anywhere access enable/disable on the Orbi web interface 192.168.1.1????
fondoo wrote:
for the love of god. Why is there no Anywhere access enable/disable on the Orbi web interface 192.168.1.1????
An interesting question. My hypothesis is that it is a security provision. As things stand, Anywhere Access can be enabled only when a mobile device (smartphone, tablet) is directly connected to the Orbi LAN. This verifies:
- That the device has physical access to the property, plus
- That the person using the Orbi app knows the login credentials.
If Anywhere Access could be enabled remotely, then someone who knows your login credentials could install the Orbi app on their own mobile device, turn on Anywhere Access, and then proceed to wreak havoc on your system. Devices being 'paused'. Armor/Parental controls fiddled with. etc. etc.
I think you have a valid point: If someone (a) steals my mobile device and (b) can open the app then they can do bad things on a device that has previously had Anywhere Access enabled. There should be a mechanism to block Anywhere Access from the router web interface. That is probably the point of providing 2-Factor authentication for the Orbi app.(Which opens up an entirely different can of worms if one can believe some of the posts on the forum.)