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How to disable WAN login on R7000
Running R7000 with latest firware V1.0.9.42_10.2.44 . Found that you can login from WAN as admin. Can WAN login be disabled?
Remote management and uPNP has already been disabled.
> Found that you can login from WAN as admin. [...]
How, exactly, did you determine that? [*] As usual, showing actual
actions with their actual results (error messages, LED indicators, ...)
can be more helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations.
> [...] Can WAN login be disabled? {...]
It should be disabled by default.
> [...] Remote management and uPNP has already been disabled.
I wouldn't expect UPnP to matter. ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Remote
Management should control the feature.
[*]
o What, exactly, is the URL which you specify in your web browser?
o Is it the URL shown at ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > RemoteManagement : Remote Management Address"?
o Are you doing this from somewhere on your LAN, or from an
outside-world site?
If you're testing from inside your LAN, then the "NAT loopback"
feature of the R7000 could make it appear that a request to the
WAN/Internet IP address of the R7000 will get a response, but the result
from the outside world could be quite different. A more realistic test
(actually from the outside world) would be more trustworthy.
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> Found that you can login from WAN as admin. [...]
How, exactly, did you determine that? [*] As usual, showing actual
actions with their actual results (error messages, LED indicators, ...)
can be more helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations.
> [...] Can WAN login be disabled? {...]
It should be disabled by default.
> [...] Remote management and uPNP has already been disabled.
I wouldn't expect UPnP to matter. ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Remote
Management should control the feature.
[*]
o What, exactly, is the URL which you specify in your web browser?
o Is it the URL shown at ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > RemoteManagement : Remote Management Address"?
o Are you doing this from somewhere on your LAN, or from an
outside-world site?
If you're testing from inside your LAN, then the "NAT loopback"
feature of the R7000 could make it appear that a request to the
WAN/Internet IP address of the R7000 will get a response, but the result
from the outside world could be quite different. A more realistic test
(actually from the outside world) would be more trustworthy.You are correct on the NAT loopback. I was checking it on my cell phone and inadvertantly left WiFi on. Once on cellular, can no longer access the router.
Thanks.