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L-Rod
Aspirant
Oct 11, 2022

Netgear Genie vs Nighthawk app

I previously owned a Nighthawk R8500 that was managed by the Netgear Genie. The R8500 died (I suspect the cat laying on it had something to do with that). Just purchased a Nighthawk RAX43, downloaded...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 11, 2022

They're available if you do a network scan? You can see something still broadcasting that ssid? 

Got a screen snip?

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L-Rod
Aspirant
Oct 11, 2022

Guru, yes, they're visible in network scans, screenshot attached. The SSIDs with "Private" in the name are the old ones created with Netgear Genie.