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Difference Between Netgenie app and Browser Config
Why do I need the Netgear Genie app? What does it provide that the browser config tool does not? Thanks!
There is basically 3 ways to configure the router with 'apps':
- Using a Browser and going to the URL of the GATEWAY IP Address or use ROUTERLOGIN.NET/COM.
- The Netgear Genie App for Android, Apple, and Windows.
- The Nighthawk app from Apple and Android store.
The first one has all the bells and whistles on would need to set up the router. USB for instance can't be set up on the other 2. Many more settings can be changes. Log can be enabled and viewed.
The 2nd and 3rd are 'similar' but the Genie app appears to have more capability, such and seeing the READYSHARE device and even playing media that might be on it.
The last one seems to have something Genie does not, the ability to actually set up the router. I got a new R8000 and the sticker says to run Nighthawk and continue setting up the router... A change in that NG had always said set it up using a wired connection although the MANUAL for the R8000 does says use GENIE to do it?
In any case, want COMPLETE control, open a browser and go to the URL of the gateway and you can do everything. The other 2 are more (in my estimation) for 'viewing' the status and make quick changes if need be and both can reboot the router remotely like the Browser can.
Thanks!
There is basically 3 ways to configure the router with 'apps':
- Using a Browser and going to the URL of the GATEWAY IP Address or use ROUTERLOGIN.NET/COM.
- The Netgear Genie App for Android, Apple, and Windows.
- The Nighthawk app from Apple and Android store.
The first one has all the bells and whistles on would need to set up the router. USB for instance can't be set up on the other 2. Many more settings can be changes. Log can be enabled and viewed.
The 2nd and 3rd are 'similar' but the Genie app appears to have more capability, such and seeing the READYSHARE device and even playing media that might be on it.
The last one seems to have something Genie does not, the ability to actually set up the router. I got a new R8000 and the sticker says to run Nighthawk and continue setting up the router... A change in that NG had always said set it up using a wired connection although the MANUAL for the R8000 does says use GENIE to do it?
In any case, want COMPLETE control, open a browser and go to the URL of the gateway and you can do everything. The other 2 are more (in my estimation) for 'viewing' the status and make quick changes if need be and both can reboot the router remotely like the Browser can.
> [...] What does it provide that the browser config tool does not?
> [...]
BASIC > Parental Controls? I don't use that feature, so I know
nothing, but if it's based on using some customized DNS server(s), then
configuring it is really done primarily on the external DNS server(s),
not on the router itself.
I'd also guess that its configuration is sufficiently complex
that adding such capability to the firmware on multiple router models
was judged to be too much work (in the wrong place). (Aside from the
low probablity of getting it to work, considering the existing firmware
bugs which already aren't getting fixed promptly.)Wow, such a thorough response. Thank you - that's what I needed!
