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R7000 V1.0.11.126 -- Remote Management option has disappeared
Hello, I was just looking on the web GUI and noticed that under the Advanced Tab the 'Remote Management' item in the dropdown section on the left under 'Advanced Setup' is no longer there. I pre...
junglesim wrote:....As for the DDNS, via noip.com, that seems to work the same for me as before. Just in case you missed it, 12 months ago or so, noip started to be more restrictive with their free hostnames by getting the user to confirm access once a month.
I've continued to answer my DDNS confirm email each month. My DDNS was working OK until my Internet IP address changed. If I ping my DDNS URL now it is still translated to my old IP address, so my DDNS via No-IP is partly working - it is translating my URL to an IP address, but its not updating my IP address from my R7000. Also, if I click on "Show Status" on the R7000 DDNS configuration page, it comes back blank instead of showing the latest update as it always did before.
FYI - DDNS is working again in my R7000 after the latest firmware update to V1.0.11.130_10.2.118
Glad to that Bill-D, thanks for letting us know. By the way how do you keep abreast of the updates? I have the router set up to update automatically but it doesn't seem to work.
junglesim wrote:
Glad to that Bill-D, thanks for letting us know.
Seconded. Great to have feedback from Bill-D . Any idea why sanity returned?
junglesim wrote:
By the way how do you keep abreast of the updates? I have the router set up to update automatically but it doesn't seem to work.
The most thorough way t keep track if to visit the support pages for the router:
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware along with firmware.
Look for the model number on the label on the device.
Experienced users tend to avoid the automated update process. They like to wait to see if there are reports here of problems, such as the death of the Remote Management option!They then prefer a manual update:
How do I manually upgrade firmware to my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
That gives control over the process and means that they can update from a local file rather than something retrieved "on the fly" from Netgears's FTP server. That's usually reliable but you never know when your Internet connection is going to die in the middle of a crucial operation. Manual updates don't even need an Internet connection during the process.
The terminally paranoid will even do manual updates when they get a pop-up alert from their routers.
Haha. It is absolutely mad, that when you select to enable automatic updates that the router does not do this. Not realising that the automation does not work or is flakey at best could leave someone with a false sense of security. That combined with the help page for the Web Services Management is out-of-date does not breed confidence.
junglesim wrote:
Haha. It is absolutely mad, that when you select to enable automatic updates that the router does not do this.
It is certainly a touch and go thing.
Sometimes it seems to be down to the nature of firmware updates. In the past there were times when people were way behind the current version, and had to upgrade in stages. The automated process just wasn't smart enough to handle that.
Automated updates seem to be more reliable in Orbi devices. But when something does go wrong people scream blue murder. That's probably why Netgear revived the ability to disable automated updates.
In general, Orbi technology tries to be as consumer friendly as possible, making it easier to manage devices but removing some of the features and settings that "propeller heads" like to play with. This adds up to disgruntled "experts" and confused neophytes.
