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RAX45 Can't disable Anywhere Access Remote Management
Nighthawk RAX45-100NAS AX4300 AX6 Nighthawk, Firmware V1.0.5.106_2.0.70 Why is there no option to disable Anywhere Access (Remote Management) in the Web Management portal (routerlogin.net)? I ca...
You can disable that by using the Nighthawk App under Settings.
Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the NightHawk RAX WiFi 6 Router products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with RAX router productse:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Routers-with-WiFi-6-AX/bd-p/en-home-routers-nighthawk-wifi-ax6
Also please visit the Nighthawk app forum as well:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-App/bd-p/en-home-networking-apps
Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear
Thank you.
The Anywhere Access setting doesn't seem to be saved in the router, since it's re-enabled whenever I reinstall the app. Once my router is installed & configured, I'd like Remote Management to be completely disabled. I'm sure that the Netgear Cloud is very secure, but security patches are in every code release so why risk leaving this door open...
(Thanks for the tip regarding the Wifi-6 AX and Nighthawk app forums.)
