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back to my mac
Nighthawk X6 R8000 Firmware Version V1.0.3.4_1.1.2, OS X EL Capitan 10.11.4, "Back to my Mac" does not work?
Hello JamesGL,
I installed the latest firmware yesterday and it seems to work without the DMZ. Thank you for the heads-up. This makes me love my router even more! ;)
It indeed does work when I put my iMac at home in the DMZ on my router.
Any follow up's how I can get it to work with UPnP instead of the DMZ?
Hi GekkeHond,
Try opening a port for your MAC. Check which port you need to open for "Back to my MAC".
"Back to My Mac" doesn't use a static port.
What I understood is that it uses my iCloud account on both devices to communicatie what port will be used on the moment I initiate the remote session, which can be anywhere between port 49152 to 65535. If I try to forward that range in the router I get an error it is already in use (which is true, there are UPnP portmaps active in that range).
I guess that is why it needs UPnP to make sure the right port is forwarded at the moment it is needed.
ps. Firmware Version V1.0.5.70_1.1.91
link about ports used my OS X: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202944
Hi GekkeHond,
When it works with DMZ, which means all ports are open for that specific unit. The port that it uses may not be under the ports for UPnP. Can you verify with Apple if they have specific port to use. Can you try to load as well the previous firmware of the router and check if the same result.
