TL-R480T+ driving me crazy to manage it from remote location via internet outside the local network
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Hello all,
i am reaching this community after i failed to get a solution from the very limited resources on the internet, majority provide videos on routers and not the switch TL-R480T+
Also, i went through all manuals and configuration and i still cant get this thing to work
I have a switch TL-R480T+ installed in my home country connected to a wireless access point (connected to the internet directly with dynamic IP)
I am living in a remote country. currently i am using teamviewer to access a local PC within my home network, from there i access the management consol of the TL-R480T+ using 192.168.4.1 local address.
I want to directly access that same management page from the internet.
The manual is vague and does not provide details. on the remote mgmt page it asks for IP mask subnet... etc an says enter 210.10.10.0/24 or 2010.50.10.0/24 for remote.
in some sources i was told to use the public ip address i have where i am now instead and use port 80 or 8080 and then from my web browser i should enter the home local access 192.168.4.0 which i find awkward given my humbled knowldge.
i tried to enter the public IP address of the PC at home location is showing and used http and https all ports combinations... nothing.
what am i missing?
i hope someone can provide me with a detailed walkthrough to achive what i want.
thank you
P.S.: I use tplink tether and i manage 3 routers in that same location but the app does not seem to see or support the TL-R480T+
Hi @Chadycom
Thanks for posting in our business forum.
1. Tether is not a business product line app. This model you have does not support any kind of app.
2. If you seek a model that work with Tether which requires the Internet access and a TP-Link account, you should find a model in the home models.
3. About the remote access via the IP address of the router, you should first confirm if you have a public IP address.
If you can confirm you are reading a public IP here, which matches what you find on "what's my ip" on Google, you can proceed to the next step.
Set this up. If you are not using a static IP to access your router, you need to use 0.0.0.0/0, or if you know what you are dealing with the subnet, you can input the correct subnet.
After this, you access the WAN IP address and by default, by HTTP, you access your router's web admin page.
This is the only remote access via the public IP address.
Hi @Chadycom
Thanks for posting in our business forum.
1. Tether is not a business product line app. This model you have does not support any kind of app.
2. If you seek a model that work with Tether which requires the Internet access and a TP-Link account, you should find a model in the home models.
3. About the remote access via the IP address of the router, you should first confirm if you have a public IP address.
If you can confirm you are reading a public IP here, which matches what you find on "what's my ip" on Google, you can proceed to the next step.
Set this up. If you are not using a static IP to access your router, you need to use 0.0.0.0/0, or if you know what you are dealing with the subnet, you can input the correct subnet.
After this, you access the WAN IP address and by default, by HTTP, you access your router's web admin page.
This is the only remote access via the public IP address.
Thank you very much for responding.
I followed your instruction, seems the switch is getting a local dynamic IP address from the main router where the internet is coming.
The 192.168.188.1 gateway belongs to that internet Mikrotik router set before the switch. However, i saw a Primary DNS address that looks public to me. Tried to use it and didnt work
I went to the remote management tab and created the subnet 0.0.0.0/0 as advised.
then tried to use the primary DNS address above using http and https and trying both with ports 443 and 80 and 8080 none seems to work
As you see below the WAN port we are talking about is set to Dynamic IP which is the reason why it gets the local IP address from the Mikrotik router. I dont know how to make it get a public IP.
In the internet router Mikrotik below screenshot there is also another public IP address, it tried using that one too. failed.
Is that a dead end you think?
thanks a lot