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[FurryNutz]

Ya DMZ is a quick and easy way of getting things to work. Also helps with NAT conditions as well. It has it's uses.
Link>Double NAT and How NAT Works
Some gamers are either not knowledgeable enough to figure out how to configure QoS or PF rules for gaming or there too impatient so DMZ is the easiest for them. DMZ avoids other features as well so if other controls are wanted, DMZ wont work in some configurations.

You have a bit of time, might see how it does and maybe give yourself a 10 day end of time before you consider returning it.

Good Luck. 

[ukwildcat4life]

Thanks and yes I just may hang on to it for a few more weeks in case Dlink can roll out a fix and go from there.....James

[FurryNutz]

 

[ukwildcat4life]

Now I have a new problem. I can't access the GUI or shareport remotely via wifi but I can via my smartphone 3G data? Any idea as to why this is happening? This all worked fine on the 880L and I have it all configured exactly the same way? For shareport I use my DDNS and port 8181 and for GUI I use my DDNS and port 8080 or if I enable https I have to use port 8081. I'm really baffled

[FurryNutz]

Does the SP and remote GUI work if you don't configure DDNS? Seems like every time you configure DDNS, something happens.
If the phone is working from it's 3G connection then seems like something with DDNS is doing something.

Does the 885L have a remote access configuration feature to enable remote access and set up a port to use and can you access it via the Public IP address the router gets from the ISP service via the ISP modem?

[ukwildcat4life]

Hi there....I have not tried accessing remotely with DDNS not being configured but I will definitely give that a try.....and to answer your other question yes the 885L's setup for remote access is identical to the 880L's......we have the option to enable remote management which I do and we can also enable https and if we enable https the router automatically inputs a port number of 8081 to use for remote access....if we don't enable https then we use 8080 for remote access.....as for share port we have to use port 8181 regardless of how its set up......my cable internet is down at the moment due to an outage but as soon as it comes back up I will got back into the GUI and disable DDNS and see if just typing in my WAN address followed by those port numbers will work.... hopefully it will as I have to agree with you that something about DDNS in this router seems wonky..........thanks for your continued help......have a good evening.......James

[ukwildcat4life]

Ok I just tried remote access of GUI and Shareport with DDNS disabled and no luck it will only work over 3G but not over wifi. I'm thinking this is port being blocked by firewall as well. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

[FurryNutz]

And your trying to access the GUI remotely from the WAN side right? Local LAN side GUI is accessible correct?

[ukwildcat4life]

Yes thats correct...I am trying to gain access on the WAN side and everything works on the LAN........I'm just unable to access my router's GUI and share port on the web while away from home over wifi but it works if I use cellular data....very confusing...........on a good note, I bought a new , high quality splitter that is MoCA capable from ebay and now my Tivo apps work just fine and I don't even have to enable DMZ anymore so we have made some progress but I really need to figure out this not being able to access my router while away from home over a wifi connection............thanks for your help....James

[FurryNutz]

I'll check on this as well. I plan on picking one of these up this weekend.

[ukwildcat4life]

Ok here is an update.....I called Dlink's tech support and spoke with a very knowledgable guy.  He was able to access my GUI and Share Port over wifi.......I hadn't been able to on the 885L and what the problem was......when I'm away from home I use wifi that is serviced by same ISP as what I have at home....he said on these newer routers the firewall blocks some things that the 880L didn't so what he had me do is plug my wired computer's ethernet cable into the back of my cable modem and he made note of the modem's MAC address........then we plugged it back into the 885L and he had me clone my MAC and then do a power cycle of modem and router......once we did that he told me to use https and use port number 4433 for share port and port number 8081 for GUI access.....I took my laptop computer and connected to my neighbors network and sure enough it all worked!............HOWEVER once this was fixed the Tivo system went right back to not connecting unless I enable DMZ so I had high hopes that the splitter had fixed it but apparently it didn't but what I don't understand is before we cloned the MAC I was able to disable the DMZ after installing that new splitter and my Tivo's were working just fine........with this router its kinda like you get one thing fixed yet it creates a new problem.....extremely mind baffling! but all I had to do was enable DMZ for my main Tivo DVR and everything is working but I know if the the router reboots or if any changes are made and saved it messes things back up and I have to to back and disable DMZ and then re enable it........hopefully  they can fix some of these issues with a firmware update but it appears to me that all of these problems on this new device is caused by the firewall closing off ports..............what were you going to pick up? are you buying an 885L?

[ukwildcat4life]

Ok one last update and its a strange one, lol.....when I was looking at my list of wifi connections I noticed that somehow the 5ghz guest had somehow been enabled.....I logged into my router's setting and sure enough it was enabled .... I disabled that and turned off DMZ and Tivo's are back to working fine......wow what an adventure this has been, lol........what do you think would cause these problems?......what happened was whenever the tech support had me clone my mac and power cycle everything it lost some of my configurations and I had to reconfigure some things such as the router's password, log back into share port and evidently it also enabled the guest zone..........I am hoping all of this stays fixed this time......its a great router when everything is working........so for now I guess the high quality updated splitter did indeed fix the problem I was having with the Tivo system but if all else fails enabling DMZ will fix it.......but I feel better than I don't have to keep that enabled.........James

[FurryNutz]

Interesting experience to say the least.

Who is your ISP?

How is your TiVo connected? DVR is LAN connected to the back of the router. The remote TiVo is RJ6 to the DVR? or LAN wired to the router?
Even thought I don't have TiVO, I have DISHs Hopper system and uses MoCA when connected RJ6 with the Joeys. There currently connected LAN only to the Hopper and all is connected to my 890L.

I'll try a pick the 885L up today. I see a local store has one in stock on there web site. I can demo it for 14 days. 

[ukwildcat4life]

I had actually thought about exchanging this 885L for an 890L but the 885L has a faster processor and thats why I've wanted to try and work out the bugs with it......does your 890L exhibit any wild behavior like I've had with the 885L? I mean has it closed off ports to your Dish hopper system to where you've had to use DMZ and have you been able to access your 890L remotely without any problems?..........to answer your question as to how my Tivo system is hooked up......at my cable modem; the cable coming from the wall plugs directly into an actiontec MoCA adapter bought from Tivo; then another coax cable goes from the MoCA adapter to the cable modem; an ethernet cable goes from the cable modem to the WAN port of the router and another ethernet cable goes from the MoCA adapter to a LAN port of the router........that basically creates my MoCA network and it bridges an ethernet connection across all of my coaxial cabling throughout my home.  The main DVR (Tivo Bolt) is located in my living room and all I have to do is hook a coax cable to it and go into its network settings and set it to connect via MoCA; the same goes for the two minis which are located in my bedrooms; just hook a coax cable to them and they connect via MoCA....been running them like this for two years and never ever had a problem until I bought the 885L.............but for the moment fingers crossed everything is working as it should.......I think the 2GHz splitter that was also MoCA certified actually fixed the problem with the Tivo 's apps not wanting to connect.... a knowledgable tivo tech support person ran a port test and everything checked out ok so she didn't feel as though there was ever a port problem; she said some of the newer AC routers required using a high quality 2GHz splitter with them; at first I thought she didn't know what she was talking about because if you interact with folks on the Tivo Community Forums most of them have always said that a 1GHz splitter is sufficient but in my case the upgrade seems to have fixed the problem..........the Dlink engineer I contacted on the phone last night was extremely helpful ; cloning my cable modem's MAC address seems to have fixed the issue of not being able to access SP and GUI remotely.......the only thing that still baffles me is that after cloning the MAC it lost some of my original settings in the router and it had somehow enabled the 5GHz guest zone and that alone caused the Tivo's to not connect unless I enabled DMZ.....once I disabled that guest zone the Tivo's went back to working fine without DMZ being enabled......really really strange experience with this router but I'm determined to keep it and figure this out.  Maybe once you get yours you might be able to figure out some of these problems thanks for the help.........

[FurryNutz]

No.
I use DMZ for my ATT microcell just as a precautionary measure however I do have a MajikJack connected and it doesn't exhibit any issues since it's not in the DMZ.
Do you have a link to this MoCA device and to your TiVo products?
Do all of your TiVo devices have LAN ports? Or just RJ connectors?

My Hopper system has both LAN and RJ ports.
ISP modem>router><LAN from router to Hopper<>RJ6 to SAT dish.
                                <LAN from router to 2xJoeys.