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Nighthawk C7000 AC1900 Remote Access
I installed the Nighthawk AC1900 Cable Modem / Router in January 2018 in a vacation home. It has been no trouble at all. March of 2018, a neighbor texted me and asked to "borrow" my password to my Wi...
I am back at my router and the Nighthawk App doesn’t support my router. So I am using the Netgear App. When I select WiFi on my phone and login with admin, etc. I see the 2.4GHz channel icon which also says Auto for Channel and I swipe to the right and I see the 5GHz channel but that Channel says 153. I’m trying to set up a webcam but it only will connect to the 5GHz. In the list of available WiFi Networks when browsing on my phone or iPad I only see the 5GHz. The 2.4GHz disappeared a few months ago when I changed my WiFi password. I am going to continue to troubleshoot. Maybe I need to do a factory reset on the modem. Thanks in advance.
Yes do a reset on the modem and setup from scratch. Setup the SSIDs with a new name that is different between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz which you will see and notice on your devices
I was able to get everything sorted out. First off is my modem/router combo doesn’t support remote access per the App so that was easy to resolve. I was able, via the Genie App to also get my 2.4 channel to show up again. It just took a bit of fiddling. Thanks!!
Enjoy. :smileywink:
Security question - Is it reasonably safe to allow access from all IP addresses?
I have enabled remote access, and have tested it using the web address + port for my router.
The choice of which IP addresses to grant access makes it seem that only all addresses would allow me to log in to the router from an unplanned location.
Maybe this deserves a new thread.
Hardware R7000
Firmware: 1.0.9.64
Internet: Virgin media cable router in modem mode
