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Nigthawk MR60 / MR63 Missing Parental Controls
I used to use circle for parental control for my old netgear wifi router. Recently switched to MR60 Mesh but couldn't find any parental control features. Is parental control on the feature roa...
I also just purchased the Nighthawk MR60 3-pack from Costco. I was very disappointed to see no parental controls available. My old Asus RT-AC68U had these features years ago.
Is there any timing on when or if these features will be added?
I am currently exploring parental controls with the mesh router and from what I can see, the move not to include parental controls was Netgears play to not invest and go third party. Parental controls within the router is more of a feature and just adds value to the product. The legacy parental controls were built around computers and devices on a network, however doesn't offer any protection for mobile devices. I think with this latest product, Netgear would have to shift more to a app/software provider rather than hardware.
After my researching the circle hardware and app, this fills the gap between router (control of devices on that network) and mobile devices that leave the network. It leaves me decide on if $120 per year worth full control of all devices within my household. I am leaning towards it is.