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TammyWiFi
Apr 07, 2019Aspirant
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...
FURRYe38
May 13, 2019Guru - Experienced User
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
TammyWiFi
May 15, 2019Aspirant
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!!
- FURRYe38May 16, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Enjoy. :smileywink:
- NotajockMay 18, 2019Aspirant
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
- FURRYe38May 20, 2019Guru - Experienced User
You can specifiy a specific WAN address if you know that address doesn't change. However with IP addresses changing randomly, this would be the reason for having all any IP address feature.
Notajock wrote:
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