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NGSvensk
Feb 03, 2022Apprentice
V4.6.6.11 Firmware Version and DDNS Remote Access
I have Orbi 850 with V4.6.6.11 firmware and have DDNS setup and I cannot access the Orbi outside of my network. (the app works find though) When I use the DDNS address within my network I can conne...
CrimpOn
Feb 05, 2022Guru
NGSvensk wrote:
I have Orbi 850 with V4.6.6.11 firmware and have DDNS setup and I cannot access the Orbi outside of my network. (the app works find though) When I use the DDNS address within my network I can connect fine but outside of my network I cannot.
The conversation may have gone off in the wrong direction with the focus on DDNS.
How are you attempting to "access the Orbi" outside of your network? Routers do not accept connections from the internet unless they have been directed to. The original Orbi product had a feature called "Remote Management" which exposed a secure web site to the internet (I believe the default port was 8443). That feature was never supported on the 850 series Orbi and has since been removed from the original Orbi firmware. There remain only two methods to access the Orbi itself from the internet:
- The Orbi 'app', which does not involve DDNS. It works because the Orbi itself opens a connection to the Netgear cloud which the app uses as a 'back door' to connect to the router.
- OpenVPN configures the router as an OpenVPN 'host' which accepts connections from OpenVPN clients which can supply the correct security information. This requires DDNS. Is VPN set up on this Orbi?
- NGSvenskMar 01, 2022Apprentice
Been away from looking at this as my satellite got bricked when the the firmware was downgaded.
I think I know why I cannot access the web accesst to the router remotely because of port 80 being blocked by my ISP I have tried to port forward/trigger but Orbi does not allow me to forward to the Orbi itself to be able to log into it.
Can someone help with how they are able to get remote log in on an Orbi 800 series and if they had to use port forwarding/triggering.
Thanks
- NGSvenskMar 14, 2022Apprentice
I have had time to try this again and I the only way I can get it to work is to put the the router address on a DMZ which obviously I do not want to do.
After setting up the DDNS and checking the status- it shows registered.
How do I do port forwarding to the router itself or can someone who is using DDNS for remote router access let us know if there are any special settings needed to get web access to the router from outside of your network.
Thanks