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Switch off access anywhere
Hi, I have an RBR850 and access anywhere is enabled. To me allowing remote administration sounds like a unnecessary risk, so I want to switch it off. But there is no setting via de admin pages tha...
RBR850_owner wrote:
But, this setting can not be changed because the router thinks I'm connected remotely while in fact I'm connected via the WiFi of my RBR850.
How insane is this?!?
Yes, Anywhere Access can be enabled/disabled only using the Orbi 'app' (because that is what uses Anywhere Access).
Also, the setting can be changed only when the device running the app is connected locally, because that establishes that this device has legitimate access to the Orbi router.
On my Orbi app, when I use the "hamburger menu" menu at the top left to bring up the menu, the very top item shows the connection as Anywhere Access. When I press on that, it opens to show "Local Connection Available". Pressing that will change the connection type, which allows Anywhere Access to be disabled.
p.s. I find this STUPID, but then I find a lot of things to be not what I think they should be.