NETGEAR R7800 FIRMWARE v1.0.2.82

antinode
Guru
Mar 31, 2021
> > remote GUI access
>
> What do they mean by that?

   Look for "Remote Access" and/or "Remote Management" in the User
Manual?

   I know nothing, but I'd guess that the change is related to this:

      New Features and Enhancements:
        o Supports secure HTTP protocol for the router web interface.

   A casual observer might wonder why "Remote Management" (which always
used HTTPS) would need to be disabled when local access can now use
HTTPS. Incompetence would explain it, of course.

> [...] We can still use a desktop browser to access the router,
> correct?

   Apparently. This is Netgear consumer-grade router firmware. I'd
believe it when I saw it.
michaelkenward
Guru
Mar 31, 2021
If Netgear meant the end of Anywhere Access or any other named feature, it would have said so. As it has for Parental Controls, etc.

My guess is that it relates to tunnelling in over the Internet to use a browser, rather than an app. So apps should still work, local and remote. Likewise a local browser. It is the "remote browser" bit that is unclear.
- antinode
  Guru
  Mar 31, 2021
  > If Netgear meant the end of Anywhere Access or any other named
  > feature, it would have said so. [...]
  
     Of course it would. Because Netgear documents are always clear and
  error-free. Just like every post from a select few of the participants
  in these forums.
  
  > [...] It is the "remote browser" bit that is unclear.
  
     At least one of us has a pretty good grasp on what "remote" means.
  
  >    Look for "Remote Access" and/or "Remote Management" in the User
  > Manual?
  
     And what a web browser is. This is not complicated.
  
     I can see, however, where someone who can't recognize a web site when
  he's using one might be a little confused here.
  - JayboH
    Apprentice
    Apr 01, 2021
    Calm down please.

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