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fishdr
Apr 22, 2019Follower
R6400 & Nighthawk - Parental Controls gone????
So I was just forced to replace the Netgear Genie App with the Nighthawk App, and was very disappointed to find that there is no way to access the parental controls on the Nighthawk App. Supposedly t...
- Apr 22, 2019
No Circle for the subject R6400, probably never Live Parental Controls - the impression is that they put Circle under the "Parental Control" tile seen on some CES2019 demos and screenshots - in the Nighthawk App.
Only the WIndows and macOS desktop Genie versions will allow to support Live Parental Controls (LPC) - https://kb.netgear.com/25687/How-do-I-configure-Live-Parental-Controls-on-my-NETGEAR-router on Nighthawk App supported routers.
Downloads are available at the end of the Genie landing page https://www.netgear.com/home/discover/apps/lpc.aspx
Issue disputed and reported many times, e.g. here in the collection of Nighthawk App Bugs and Issues - https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-App/BUG-REPORT-Speed-Test-Information-Home-Screen-Wrong-Speed-Test/m-p/1739654/highlight/true#M9402
schumaku
Apr 22, 2019Guru - Experienced User
No Circle for the subject R6400, probably never Live Parental Controls - the impression is that they put Circle under the "Parental Control" tile seen on some CES2019 demos and screenshots - in the Nighthawk App.
Only the WIndows and macOS desktop Genie versions will allow to support Live Parental Controls (LPC) - https://kb.netgear.com/25687/How-do-I-configure-Live-Parental-Controls-on-my-NETGEAR-router on Nighthawk App supported routers.
Downloads are available at the end of the Genie landing page https://www.netgear.com/home/discover/apps/lpc.aspx
Issue disputed and reported many times, e.g. here in the collection of Nighthawk App Bugs and Issues - https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-App/BUG-REPORT-Speed-Test-Information-Home-Screen-Wrong-Speed-Test/m-p/1739654/highlight/true#M9402