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Is there a way to uniquely name your systems in the Orbi App?
Hi All; I have 3 individual Orbi networks that I manage. Problem is that in the Orbi App, when I go to select the system I want to look at, two of them are named "RBR50", as that is the primary ...
No, NG keeps this static.
This issue doesn't affect me because I have only one Orbi system and the Orbi 'app' connects automatically when opened.
Suppose a person has five (or 10?) different Orbi systems managed by the app. When opened, my guess is that the app will connect to..... (the top one? the bottom one? whichever responds first to Anywhere Access?)
The user opens the menu, selects the top entry, and then.....
Is presented with a list of all the router models:
- RBR50
- RBR50
- RBR50
- RBR50
- etc.
Which one is Grandma's house? Which one Cousin Joey? Which one Uncle Fred?
IF they always appear in the same order, the user could have a printed "cheat sheet" (or perhaps finally memorize the order) and think, "Grandma's house is #4 on the list."
My sense is that (a) shaking the phone and selecting "Suggest an improvement" has been done more than once, or (b) making an entry on the "Idea Exchange" ... well, we know how THAT goes.
CrimpOn wrote:
This issue doesn't affect me because I have only one Orbi system and the Orbi 'app' connects automatically when opened.
Can't take away your valid question ... The first device con the list is the local connected one, the other follow based on the serial numbers (I guess). Yes, a cheat sheet based on the serial numbers might be helpful. But ways off from something reasonable.
CrimpOn wrote:
My sense is that (a) shaking the phone and selecting "Suggest an improvement" has been done more than once, or (b) making an entry on the "Idea Exchange" ... well, we know how THAT goes.
Back then, during the late R9000 beta (a generous Netgear SMB senior manager arranged me one as a present in an exchange as a "thank you for your ongoing help") I talked to the R9000 engineering and RD team and had brought up the same questions and similar ideas. Since then, my connection into the home BU busted, he is no longer with Netgear. Yes, it's challenging listening to me sometimes.
There it went, all the good will, ... that was the first and the last home business product I got into my hands in more than a decade.