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cashchris2005's avatar
Sep 20, 2021
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Smart Parental Controls Failing to activate

In the orbi app, when I click on smart parental controls > activate now > The app goes through about 10 seconds of "setting up..." until I get an error. The message says "Smart Parental Control activ...
  • ChristineT's avatar
    Oct 15, 2021

    Hello cashchris2005 ,

     

    Thank you for sharing your experience with the NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls (SPC) service. We have received a handful of reports similar to yours and have been able to implement a patch for this issue. Will you please try to activate the SPC service again and let us know if the issue persists?

     

    Steps to enable Smart Parental Controls (SPC): 

    1. Log into the Orbi or Nighthawk app depending on which model router you have 
    2. Locate and tap on the Parental Controls tile
    3. Swipe option to Enable Smart Parental Controls

     

    Please let us know if the issue persists.

     

    Kind Regards,

    Christine