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McDoogie
Tutor
Aug 13, 2015
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Nighthawk Remote Access With AT&T Arris NVG589 Modem

Hello, I am trying to use the Remote Access feature on my Nighthawk Router. Currently with Remote Access enabled I get these two IP addresses from the nighthawk:  192.168.1.X: port number and 2602:...
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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Aug 18, 2015

    Hi McDoogie,

     

    Did you set port forwarding on the modem using the port number used for Remote management? The reason it works might be becuase of the modem forwarded the request to the router.

     

    Regards,

     

    JamesGL

    Community Team

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TheEther
Guru
Aug 18, 2015

While you may have gotten remote access to your router working, this is most likely a suboptimal setup overall because both your router and your modem are performing NAT.  Read this article on why double NAT is bad idea.  IP Passthrough avoids double NAT.

 

Anyway, if everything is working...

McDoogie's avatar
McDoogie
Tutor
Sep 01, 2015

now that i got it figured out, anyway to delete this thread?

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    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Sep 01, 2015

    McDoogie,

     

    Good to know you have found a solution. Can you provide the solution so that other users will be able to have an idea if ever they encounter the same problem?

     

    Regards,

     

    JamesGL

    Community Team