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Matt72
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Mar 16, 2020

WiFi scheduler missing in Orbi app

So I finally upgraded to a Orbi RBK50 system (meshed network solution consisting of main router & satellite) for the sake of getting better coverage across my home.This is an upgrade from my previous...
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CrimpOn
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Mar 16, 2020
Matt72 wrote:

So I finally upgraded to a Orbi RBK50 system (meshed network solution consisting of main router & satellite) for the sake of getting I can't see why this feature couldn't be provided...? Any plans for this to be added anytime soon?

Netgear has an "Ideas" forum where customers suggest changes.  There is even a post on this very subject (at least one).  You can add to that post and "Like" it.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/Wireless-scheduler/idi-p/1734873 

 

Just my personal opinion, but with the sort of functionality issues customers keep raising (signal dropping, no ethernet, DNS failures, etc.) my guess is that this would be pretty far down their priority list.  Would be interesting to know if the new Nighthawk "AX" products still support this feature.