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Kyrasma
Aspirant
Feb 10, 2017
Solved

R7000 remote device not showing up in iOS Mobile Netgear Genie App

I have been using the Netgear Genie App to control my router from my iPhone 6 for a couple months. It worked great! I have an account, I was able to use Network Map to block/open wifi on my devices a...
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  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    Feb 16, 2017

    Hi Kyrasma,

     

    You can try resetting the router then try going through the setup procedure again.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

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Kyrasma
Aspirant
Feb 25, 2017

I never did get around to resetting my router, but in the meantime, my Netgear Genie App on my iPhone changed so I checked it out and it finally recognized my router remotely and I was able to access the Network page to block or unblock devices. 

 

Not sure what changed, but it's working now.

 

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DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Mar 03, 2017

Hi Kyrasma,

 

Thank you for providing an update and confirmation. Good to know that it is working now.

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

Community Team