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PedroA's avatar
PedroA
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Sep 09, 2020

Orbi App: cannot enable Anywhere Access

I have a Netgear Orbi system (RBR50) with 3 satellites. Router Firmware Version = V2.5.1.16   If using the Netgear Orbi app (latest version 2.6.2.1239) on Android (v10), and I go to - Settings / An...
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Ferrellt
Star
Nov 29, 2022
It’s clearly a problem in the app and the mechanism Netgear uses to identify client devices. I’d say it’s linked iPhone private IP addressing feature but Android folks seem to have this problem also. Seems to be a rather fragile design.
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 29, 2022
Ferrellt wrote:
II’d say it’s linked iPhone private IP addressing feature but Android folks seem to have this problem also.

I gather that Samsung does that too on newer models.