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Aspirant

Jun 11, 2014

Can't run Remote Desktop

New to Netgear routers. Just replaced my linksys with a Netgear C3700. It seems like the ability for two devices on the network to see each other and communicate is being blocked. For example, I can'...

Aspirant

Jun 12, 2014

Yes, you are correct. After a bit of digging, I see the wireless network was set up as Public by default. Changing it to Home Network has resolved the issues--ping works, and Remote Desktop works as well.

I wish I would have been presented with the option during setup...

Issue closed.