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Genie App on Windows 10 FAIL
Wondering if anyone else has had problems with the latest edition of the Genie app for Windows 10? I have tried it, the installer launches but then I get errors about missing DLL files and a whole sl...
Netgear has fixed this problem yesterday. It works now whether with direct download or through Netgeargenie app.
They may have fixed 1 issue, but created another dozen or two to fix.
I wish they (Netgear) had better quality control before releasing any apps or hardware into the wild (production) because the Genie app is still flaky/flawed all the way around.
When I try looking at the network map on my desktop PC via the Web interface, it shows all devices accounted for (well. mostly) correct with a few unknowns. When I correct them directly via the web interface it keeps them pretty well. If I use the mobile app, all h*ll breaks loose. Devices show up as the wrong types and if you correct them using either the Netgear Up app or the Genie App, it gets worse - you lose everything and for example, my desktop shows as a tablet, my TV is an unknown (even though it was set up correctly via the router directly tieing into the the router web page.
GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMBLE!