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Sledghammer
Jan 06, 2019Initiate
Nighthawk App
I just converted to a Nighthawk R8000 wirelss router and have access to it with the Netgear Genie app on my laptop and my Samsung Galaxy phone app. I downloaded the Nighthawk app and cannot access t...
schumaku
Feb 18, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Bithunter-Bob wrote:
I downloaded the Nighthawk app for iOS and then started setting up the cable modem and router.
Hard to say what Netgear (Nighthawk) Cable Modem/Router you refer here. As per Which routers support the NETGEAR Nighthawk app? there are no Netgear Cnnnn models supported at all.
Anything else you experience does read like bad compatibility testing - the Nighthawk App should be able to clealry inform the user if a device isn't supported.
michaelkenward
Feb 18, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Then there is the fact that cable modems don't have the ability to update their firmware at the user end.
So who knows what hardware we are talking about here?
That's what happens when someone hitches a ride on an old discussion, and one that may be in the wrong bit of this community.