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HomeKit Router Support for Netgear Orbi
To the Netgear Support Team, When will you integrate Apple HomeKit Router on the Orbi and Nighthawk systems? It's pretty sad that other vendors like Linksys and Amazon have been able to do this ...
Does this article accurately describe the desired integration of Apple Homekit into Netgear routers?
The desired integration is to have Netgear release a software update to all of their Orbi devices that will enable Apple HomeKit Router support
. A HomeKit Router is simply a normal home WiFi router with some additional HomeKit support built in. Adding a supported router to your HomeKit setup enables some additional features in the Home app on your iPhone (or iPad) that allow you to control how your HomeKit accessories communicate. One of these is that you can view the status of any HomeKit compatible routers that you have added to your home, the other, and most important, is called HomeKit Accessory Security.
HomeKit Accessory Security is essentially a simplified user interface for creating a set of firewall rules on the router to limit what your accessories can talk to, and thus what can access them in return.
I hope this clarifies the desired result of the many forms on adding HomeKit support to Orbi routers, as currently there are support issues with HomeKit.
. A HomeKit Router is simply a normal home WiFi router with some additional HomeKit support built in. Adding a supported router to your HomeKit setup enables some additional features in the Home app on your iPhone (or iPad) that allow you to control how your HomeKit accessories communicate. One of these is that you can view the status of any HomeKit compatible routers that you have added to your home, the other, and most important, is called HomeKit Accessory Security.
HomeKit Accessory Security is essentially a simplified user interface for creating a set of firewall rules on the router to limit what your accessories can talk to, and thus what can access them in return.
I hope this clarifies the desired result of the many forms on adding HomeKit support to Orbi routers, as currently there are support issues with HomeKit.