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I live abroad and before I left the USA, I turned on remote management on my R6900. I wrote down the Remote Management Address and allowed access by Everyone. I noted the port number too. I also sign...
I am now able to connect remotely. I had to just do the same thing as was previously advised from the earlier thread I had posted. I had a friend log into the router and change the LAN IP value to a 3, that is 168.1.3.1 and I am now able to connect remotely from Thailand to use the VPN feature and connect to Netflix.
Here is the solution from a different thread: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/VPN-R7900-Connected-to-home-but-no-internet/td-p/1255169
Firstly, you should limit access not select everyone. You should isolate it to the IP at the location (Thailand) where you are now. I'm assuming it won't change and should not unless you reboot your modem etc. and this would be for short term use. IMO its the best security practice to follow.
Secondly, don't try the numerical IP address in effect as assigned by your ISP now. Instead use the alphabet one followed by : then port number.
Always test this first. Unfortunately the R7000 doesn't have NAT loopback (although it may to test remote login only).
Thank you. I apologize as I am a novice at networking. Do you mean use XXXXX.mynetgear.com:8443 or https://XXXXX.mynetgear.com:8443?
I'm not familiar with NO IP but it would be whatever you chose as your IP address. So would be the latter.
Example of how I think it should be:
https://YOURNAME.FREEDNS.NO-IP.COM:8443
But check your NO IP documentation or ask them?
Thanks. after checking no-ip website and taking a screenshot of my router before I left California, the netgear router message gave the message to use https://XX.XXX.XX.XX The no-ip website just says the hostname I used with the netgear router to update the DNS? Sorry if that doesn't clarify what you are trying to tell me. I tried various address combinations of accessing the router but so far no luck. Thanks for your suggestion.
- I'm confused by what you are writing. But if you have a NO IP account, then you would have picked an alpha character address. You should open a browser and type what is below into the address window. I would use IE but Im sure other browsers will work too. In no case should you be typing in any numbers. Are you sure you set up your NO IP name correctly? The way NO IP and other services work is your ISP assigns a dynamic IP address, If you want to log in remotely, the IP address might change. By using NO IP you select a permanent address and NO IP will send you to the dynamic IP currentely assigned to your service (modem/router). That way you are sure to connect. If you set it up correctly you should have no problems. With the NG router there is a screen to set up the NO IP service and a different one to set up remote login. I dont use NO IP so I cant give you more details. But like I said your address should be something like the one below: https://YOURNAME.FREEDNS.NO-IP.COM:8443