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Orbi RBK753 Parental Controls
It appears the new Orbi Wifi 6 Mesh Routers doesn't come with Circle Parental Control features... Not sure why? I'm currently using Google Wifi and looking to switch to the new Orbi Wifi 6 Mesh RBK753S (Costco Version). Does the Orbi Mobile App have a feature similar to Google Wifi to create a list of Kids devices and put them on a daily schedule for screen time? It allows to individually block devices.. but not automated schedule to block a group of select devices. As per my research, the Circle Parental Control device is not compatible with the latest Orbi Mesh routers. Please advise.
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arulks wrote:It appears the new Orbi Wifi 6 Mesh Routers doesn't come with Circle Parental Control features... Not sure why? I'm currently using Google Wifi and looking to switch to the new Orbi Wifi 6 Mesh RBK753S (Costco Version). Does the Orbi Mobile App have a feature similar to Google Wifi to create a list of Kids devices and put them on a daily schedule for screen time? It allows to individually block devices.. but not automated schedule to block a group of select devices. As per my research, the Circle Parental Control device is not compatible with the latest Orbi Mesh routers. Please advise.
I'm in the same shoes. Planning to upgrade from another vendor's AC1900 mesh system to either Orbi 753S or 852 from Costco and I have Circle Plus (with lifetime subscription). I would think Circle Plus would work in "compatibility mode"? If Circle Plus isn't compatible with the Orbi, then that's a deal breaker and I'd have to consider another vendor.
- As of right now circle does not work with Orbi AX. It is something that will be added. They just added Armor so hopefully Circle will be soon.
- So, even if i purchase now, that feature will be added in my hardware?
- They need at least add a scheduling features by a group of devices. That is a deal breaker!
- You can turn off WIFI to specific devices. Not scheduled, but it only takes a second to switch a device off WIFI. I highly recommend the system. We are extremely heavy users in my house (have used over 1100 GB of data since 6/2) and my speeds are above what I pay for even with everyone playing/streaming.
It is amazong to me that Netgear has gond so far down hill that they cant even add Parental Controls to the RBK753 model. The cost of this until is rediculas as it has very little advanced features. Will or can they add this in the future?
Wanted to chime in also that this is a huge miss not to have Circle on their newest mesh router. I came from Google WiFi and extremely surprised. Hope a Orbi product manager is reading this. (I work as one).
For those of us who have Circle Plus and using it with the Orbi AX units, it looks like Circle has updated their compatibility list on their website with the following information:
â ïž Orbi RBR750, RBK752, and RBK753 (Only compatible with Circle Home Plus, Use Compatibility Mode)â ïž Orbi RBR850, RBK852, and RBK853 (We are investigating issues with these routers)https://support.meetcircle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022419752
The above two updates weren't there a few months back ago if I recall.
Earlier this morning, I noticed my 1 Gbps Fios network was literally *CRAWLING*. Fast.com and speedtest were showing that the download speeds were less than 1 Mbps even though the Orbi speed test on the app showed it was fine. But everything was lethargic and slow. Rebooted the RBR and both RBS (I have an RBK853) but that didn't help.
As a hunch, I rebooted my Circle Plus device (running in compatibility mode) and that everything was back to normal after that.
I have reached out to Circle support for an update, and this is what they have to say. Per "Holden H. - Circle:
After looking into this, there currently is no update on this known issue or a ETA on this update. Once this issue has been updated we will also be updating it on our article as well."
I have requested them to escalate the issue.
