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Genie Problem
This may be the wrong place to discuss the Genie product but I would appreciate some help. Using Windows 8.1 through the Netgear D6200 to the Apple Airplay Express. The music drops are annoying an...
Maybe my experience will shed some light. I switched to a R6300v2 7 weeks ago. 2 weeks ago I went to print something on my Win8 computer and my wireless printer was "offline". When I looked at Devices and Printers I found dozens of instances of Genie Media Servers. I didn't make the "mental" connection with Netgear Genie; I just deleted them all, set up a DHCP reservation for the printer, and everything was working fine.
Now I see 6 more instances on that computer, and belatedly realized the "Genie" involved is Netgear.
I don't run Genie on that computer. I run it once or twice a week on my Win7 computer, usually to see if the USB drive on my WD SMP is online.
All instances point back to the Win7 computer.
I have never had an instance installed on that computer.
All media services are disabled on the router and attached NAS. (the SMP plays all files natively, it doesn't need DLNA or such).
I do, however, run the PlayOn service on the Win7 machine, but only to support PlayLater on that same machine.
I just now started Genie and upgraded to 2.3.1.57 - maybe that's my lucky number and these bogus instances on the Win8 machine will stop multiplying?
Now I see 6 more instances on that computer, and belatedly realized the "Genie" involved is Netgear.
I don't run Genie on that computer. I run it once or twice a week on my Win7 computer, usually to see if the USB drive on my WD SMP is online.
All instances point back to the Win7 computer.
I have never had an instance installed on that computer.
All media services are disabled on the router and attached NAS. (the SMP plays all files natively, it doesn't need DLNA or such).
I do, however, run the PlayOn service on the Win7 machine, but only to support PlayLater on that same machine.
I just now started Genie and upgraded to 2.3.1.57 - maybe that's my lucky number and these bogus instances on the Win8 machine will stop multiplying?