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Netgear Genie won't quit on Mac OS X
This is to revive the "closed" discussion thread with the same title at
from January 2016, which is misleadingly marked as "solved": what is actually provided there is a hack that "solves" the issue with NETWORK Genie hanging when "quit" by sacrificing/disabling functionality through renaming of a library file.
(at the same time, NETWORK Genie is unstable and does crash -- please see the topical thread.)
Any hopes for this being addressed anytime soon?
Alternatively: is there any official position/recommendation by NETGEAR to use open source linux-based software on a R7800 Nighthawk X4?
Thank you!
2 Replies
Hi gensym,
As it stands, that is the current workaround for the issue since engineering focus has shifted to mobile apps and there has not been any update for the desktop apps.
Are you referring to third party firmware support? If yes, NETGEAR does not have an official list of third party firmware that the devices support and loading such firmware voids the device warranty.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
- Hello Dexter,
I would like to acknowledge your trouble; and your statement has been very interesting and useful!
1) re: Desktop Genie: many thanks for the candid words: it is helpful to know what one is actually up against.
2) re: third party firmware: I also appreciate the explicit heads-up regarding giving third party software a shot (vs. e.g. *): it will help me keep my focus on the core things that do work really well (and exactly therefore are all too easily overlooked), extending the very good experience with NETGEAR equipment from the times of 802.11g .
All the best!
gensym
(*) https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7000.aspx#tab-features
(Visited August 9, 2017) states (under the heading, "Security"):
"Open source support—Download open source firmware from www.myopenrouter.com"
