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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! ;)
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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 jgohn,
Can you provide explanation for your issue? Provide screenshots as well.
I have the same problem. So I can help with the screenshots.
This should work through icloud so I don't have te set up/remember ip adresses etc. My previous router did work (a D-Link N router). So it is not something that only works with an Apple router.
Here is the Apple page about "Back to My Mac": Set up and use Back to My Mac
And here are the screenshots:
Details:
(it isn't slow, it just doesn't work).
The end result is I cannot reach my mac outside of my own network. It seems the UPnP does not work the way my iMac expects it to work (yes, I have UPnP turned on).
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