Below shows the list of AC router that supports Remote management or anywhere access. I am posting this after a lot of confusion on whether the R6120 supported this feature or not (It does NOT). Hope this helps other going forward: AC2400 R6260 R6350 R6700 R6700v2 R6700v3 R6800 R6850 R6900 R6900P R7000 R7000P R7800 R7850 R7900 R7900P R8000 R8000P R8300 R8500 R8900 R9000 RS400
Below shows the list of AC router that supports Remote management or anywhere access.
A lot of confusion in these designations indeed. Because Netgear used the terms Remote Administration _and_ Remote Management for the direct based access using a Web browser, the App based access used to be under the subject "Remotely Access Your Router Using the genie App" (e.g. in the R9000 User Manual) for the Netgear Genie App resp. "Connect to your router with Anywhere Access" for the Netgear Nighthawk App as well as for the Netgear Orbi App (depends on the product of course).
FMI (with the about "current" list of products where the feature applies to ... always best effort):
--- You can access your router over the Internet to view or change its settings. You must know the router’s WAN IP address to use this feature. Note: Be sure to change the password for the user name admin to a secure password. The ideal password contains no dictionary words from any language and contains uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. It can be up to 30 characters. See Change the admin password on page 95. Set up remote management To set up remote management: 1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network. 2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net. A login window opens. 3. Enter the router admin user name and password. The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive. The BASIC Home page displays. 4. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Remote Management. The Remote Management page displays. 5. Select the Turn Remote Management On check box
Use Remote Access To use remote access: 1. Launch a web browser on a computer that is not on your home network. 2. Type your router’s WAN IP address into your browser’s address or location field followed by a colon (:) and the custom port number. For example, if your external address is 134.177.0.123 and you use port number 8443, enter http://134.177.0.123:8443 in your browser. ---
In brief, for Anywhere Access:
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Connect to your router with Anywhere Access The Anywhere Access feature on the Nighthawk app allows you to connect to your router when you're away from home and change its settings. Before you can use the Anywhere Access feature on the Nighthawk app, you must update your router’s firmware and download the latest Nighthawk app for your mobile device.
I know all about those, but that does not answer the question I asked.
Yeah, and the text does duplicte (ideally) the "This article applies to:" .... how use***?
The implicit question on this thread by @orcslaya is why a few - or specifically the R6120 - does not support the (IP port based) Remote Access. Or was the question about the feature named Anywhere Access again?
