Remotely administer router from internet

[9maxcapo]

Any help will be greatly appreciated as I can't find anything on the internet to do what I want done.
I have a zte f609 router at another location that I use as a wifi hotspot for my guests.
I have no local computers there and it's a 30 minute drive to get to it to configure a new password, etc.
I WANT to be able to use the internet sided IP address to get to the administration web page WITHOUT having to drive there (in other words instead of using 198.162.1.1 I'd sit at home and type in 38.77.177.18 or whatever the router ip address is on the internet side, get into the front end and make any changes I need to)
I set up a tcp port forwarding application on the router that works fine IF I am logged into the network there BUT if I head home and try it it times out.
Is what I want impossible to make happen??

Cheers
Max

 

[Paul NZ]

Use something like teamviewer.

But it'll have to installed on the other end as well. Just give it a password so you dont have to change it all the time

 

[9maxcapo]

Use something like teamviewer.

But it'll have to installed on the other end as well. Just give it a password so you dont have to change it all the time

won't work - all that's available on that end is the router

 

[ThatVietGuy]

What you want to do is possible, but probably not with that router. I can't seem to find any options for remote access.

More well known brands (Netgear, Linksys, etc.) have that feature built-in.

 

[9maxcapo]

What you want to do is possible, but probably not with that router. I can't seem to find any options for remote access.

More well known brands (Netgear, Linksys, etc.) have that feature built-in.

I'm beginning to suspect as much. Unfortunately that is the hardware supplied by the ISP.
I am hoping someone can help me figure out a way though. Thanks

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Just because a router is supplied by an ISP doesn't mean you can't use your own. The simplest option to me is to buy another router that gives you the functionality that you want. On top of that, if you return the company's router they might refund you the fee for using it.

 

[9maxcapo]

Just because a router is supplied by an ISP doesn't mean you can't use your own. The simplest option to me is to buy another router that gives you the functionality that you want. On top of that, if you return the company's router they might refund you the fee for using it.

 

[9maxcapo]

Unfortunately this is Indonesia and I'm not sure they would be amenable to it
but I am willing to give it a try
I'll post if that's a solution
UPDATE
this router uses a passive optical network GPON connection
any model numbers for remote manged routers??