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New Nighthawk App - where are the parental controls??
As suggested by Netgear I had set up an OpenDNS account and used the Netgear Genie App to enable / disable the parental controls on demand.
Today I was forced to upgrade to the new Nighthawk Ap...
I bought the new AX8 Router and I liked everything about it except for the app. It does not support parental control. I have been an ASUS user and was trying to switch to Netgear because of all the good reviews I see online. Today I will be returning the AX8 because Nighthawk app lacks a lot of functionality that the competition offers.
Mikestur wrote:
Today I will be returning the AX8 because Nighthawk app lacks a lot of functionality that the competition offers.
Netgear shot itself in the foot by introducing a new app before it was fully cooked. At the beginning of the year it published a video of the all-singing, all-dancing new NIghthawk app. Unfortunately, some months later too many of the feature demonstrated still don't work in the production version.
My guess is that parental controls and other missing features will return, but such is the pace of software development at Netgear that I am not holding my breath.
You may be able to do what you want by using the browser on your mobile device – it still works on the desktop app – but that is too complicated for some people.
If you want to try the browser option, just point a browser at thew OpenDNS account that you have set up for your router.
michaelkenward wrote:
Mikestur wrote:
Today I will be returning the AX8 because Nighthawk app lacks a lot of functionality that the competition offers.Netgear shot itself in the foot by introducing a new app before it was fully cooked. At the beginning of the year it published a video of the all-singing, all-dancing new NIghthawk app.
Can't agree more. Booth feet, both knees, ...The Nightawk App can only support features implemented on the router - for now there is no OpenDNS support on these leading edge devices. Complete strange.
Pace ... what pace?
michaelkenward wrote:If you want to try the browser option, just point a browser at thew OpenDNS account that you have set up for your router.
Trouble is that there is no OpenDNS updater on the Netgear routers which are not supporting OpenDNS ...
Yup that is one way but too cumbersome to setup also, I am constantly changing my sons Internet Time. With the ASUS app it is really easy to update the setting.
