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Need to add Circle to AX6000 / RBK850!!
I bought this with the expectation that Circle was included...bug mistake! Website is confusing IMHO. I can't believe this is not included at these prices...disappointed to say the least! Anyone h...
Came home with my 852 on Thursday. I am utterly shocked about no parental controls. $700 bucks and there is NO type of parental controls? Really?
I understand the wants to make more money with circle, for premium type services. like website filtering. . But basic parental controls like pausing a certain devices connection at a certain time come standard on routers a fraction of the cost.
You don’t add circle due to whatever reason, so why can’t you implement the simple stuff to your own firmware.?
Awesome unit and I love how she performs but I’m really thinking of taking her back.
I understand the wants to make more money with circle, for premium type services. like website filtering. . But basic parental controls like pausing a certain devices connection at a certain time come standard on routers a fraction of the cost.
You don’t add circle due to whatever reason, so why can’t you implement the simple stuff to your own firmware.?
Awesome unit and I love how she performs but I’m really thinking of taking her back.
Thank you all for this thread. I needed to extend my current RBK50 system with another satellite and was planning to just move to a 2 satellite AX4200 mesh instead until I decided to double-check that it comes with Circle (critical with 5 kids in the home) and was shocked to find that it did not!
Since I'm investing in another Satellite now, I don't expect to revisit investing more for several years - Netgear lost itself a sale on their newer Orbi line due to this feature gap.
Netgear - it would really be helpful to your user community for you to weigh in on this thread and clarify the future plans for Circle with your products. One of the reasons I went with the RBK50 originally rather than a cheaper competitor was because of the built in Circle support. Please make the investment to make it easier for families to keep their kids safe, especially for the price that you're charging for your systems!
My work around is that I bought a Circle Home Plus and use it with the AX6000 (Orbi Wifi 6 RBK853) but it has all sorts of compatibility issues. It works probably 90% of the time, but really is needing native Netgear Orbi support and integration.
Where going on almost a year since release. At this point it's almost reaching the unlikely stage. I mean what's the delay