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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 presume this has been replaced with the 'Web Services Management' section, which was revamped possibly after the potential security issue in June 2020. So far so good. When I look inside Web Services Management, I see only one option, to click or unclick 'Always Use HTTPS to Access Router'. Seems reasonable, but what I do find weird is that the Help Center at the bottom of the screen makes no mention of 'Always Use HTTPS to Access Router', but instead, talks about the 'Turn Web Services Management On' on or off option and a few related things. Seems like a bug or a least an inconsistency to me, does anyone know what is going on? Thanks!
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I posted about the elimination of Remote Management in the R7000 a coupe of months ago - https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Remote-Management-missing-in-R7000-after-upgrading-to-1-0-11-128/m-p/2147992#M201104
Since then, I've been on '128 in the R7000 routers in both my homes and they have been very stable, but I miss the ability to remotely manage them.
It appears that Netgear didn't update the GUI Help section after they eliminated the ability to remotely manage the R7000.
- Thanks Bill-D. Sorry I did not see your original post, the link was most appreciated. It is poor that someone from Netgear did not pick it up and explain the situation as it is pretty fundamental stuff.
Also, you mentioned 128. My router thinks 126 is the latest version so something is amiss and I don’t know what.Mine also doesn't indicate new FW versions. You need to go to "Downloads" to see if there's a newer version.
NG seems to be moving to using the Nighthawk app for some and limited remote management options. Otherwise NG has removed the web broswser based remote access which we can only presume maybe for security reasons.
As far as I see, the Nighthawk app is only usable locally on the same LAN as the R7000. Even though the app has a setting for "Anywhere Access", turning that on for "Out-Of-Home Controls" doesn't do anything.
Yes access from anywhere should work if you enable it and are away from the home network.
