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Circle Compatibility with New Orbi Wifi6 AX-6000
Hi there, Has anyone been able to pair a Circle Disney 1st Gen box with the new Orbi AX6000? I've connected my 1st gen Circle to the RBK852, and if I try to add any kind of filter from adul...
I just set up an Orbi AX6000 (RBK853 3-pack kit) today and have a Circle Home Plus (aka Circle v2) and am seeing some weird issues. With regular mode, it would randomly turn off the internet so I'm running it in compatibility mode. I'm not sure if that in itself is 100% stable or reliable, as my son keeps telling me that his iPad was reporting that there was no internet even though there were no restrictions in place or enforced during that moment.
Anybody here using Circle Home Plus with an Orbi AX6000 and having issues?
Add me to the list of people that spent hundreds of dollars to upgrade to the latest and have the RBR850 + 2 satellites and no parental controls. I researched the setup as much as I could, added in a CM1200 to replace the Xfinity Gateway, which worked ok, but I wanted better coverage even with the pods and some more advanced features. All is well with with the setup after a lot of tinkering, but when you go to set the parental controls you quickly learn they are missing. I guess I took something so simple for granted. Xfinity XFi worked great and we could control the time and apps for the kids and now.... nothing. Hundreds of dollar later.
It is great we now have Armor, and all the other a la carte options Netgear wants to sell including support. But to not have a parental control option is awful especially on the higher end line. I cannot even put in the model here as they do not allow in the drop down. Anyone have any other suggestions? All of the forums and posts from NG say, 'no news but we are working on adding to our other routers.' How about your top of the line?
My fault for missing this in the research before pulling the trigger but I will not recommend this to anyone who has young kids or teens they want to have basic controls over. Certainly not going to pay another $100/ year for another app to control and manage when iOS screentime gives you 80% of what you need but the router should have the controls built in. And, based on the other posts, it does not seem like investing in the add on module makes any sense. Why can't we get an honest and current update?
I got my Circle Home Plus (aka Circle v2) running and I think it's stable now with the Orbi AX. It is configured for "compatibility mode" (under the router compatibility settings) and with the exception of my son's iPad Pro which he keeps claiming that one of his games would keep popping up "no internet connection" while in the middle of the game, everything else that Circle is managing - time limits, filters, etc. - are working.
It would be nice if Netgear incorporates the full Circle functionality into the firmware, and for those of us who bought the standalone Circle Home Plus (I have the lifetime subscription version), that we can just "enable" it to work without having to pay again.