This should be an easy task.......I am trying to simply turn on my Guest Access. I log into netgear genie with my admin passwrod, and navigate to the Guest Access tab. It displays as Disabled". I select Modify. I select Enable Guest Access and select Apply. It waits the 70 seconds & comes back & still shows Disabled. The guest network has been setup for years, BUT I have not turned it on for at least 3 years. But the last tiem I did it worked fine. I checked & my firmware is up to date Am I missing a step? This should not be hard to do but I cannot figure it out! TIA to anyone that can assist.

OK was able to get this working today without a reset or firmware reload. I had been using the netgear genie app on 2 Windows PCs & android tablet. The app let me turn on the network & even change the password, but behind the scenes it was not actually changing anything. Using the web router direct connection (http://www.routerlogin.net) I was able to connect to the router, make the needed changes and get the guest netowrk up & running. I did have to re-boot the router to get it to work on all devices. For some reason the mobile android devices connected & worked on the guest network right away, but the windows PC laptops would not until I rebooted the laptops & the router. And as a precaution I used a wired connection to do the web router direct connection and make the changes. And BTW I had forgotten abotu the web direct connection, and came across it while researching the firmware reinstall option that was suggested.

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WNDR3700V3 Turn On Guest Access

This should be an easy task.......I am trying to simply turn on my Guest Access. I log into netgear genie with my admin passwrod, and navigate to the Guest Access tab. It displays as Disabled". I select Modify. I select Enable Guest Access and select Apply. It waits the 70 seconds & comes back & still shows Disabled. The guest network has been setup for years, BUT I have not turned it on for at least 3 years. But the last tiem I did it worked fine. I checked & my firmware is up to date

Am I missing a step? This should not be hard to do but I cannot figure it out!

TIA to anyone that can assist.

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May 08, 2021
OK was able to get this working today without a reset or firmware reload. I had been using the netgear genie app on 2 Windows PCs & android tablet. The app let me turn on the network & even change the password, but behind the scenes it was not actually changing anything. Using the web router direct connection (http://www.routerlogin.net) I was able to connect to the router, make the needed changes and get the guest netowrk up & running. I did have to re-boot the router to get it to work on all devices. For some reason the mobile android devices connected & worked on the guest network right away, but the windows PC laptops would not until I rebooted the laptops & the router. And as a precaution I used a wired connection to do the web router direct connection and make the changes. And BTW I had forgotten abotu the web direct connection, and came across it while researching the firmware reinstall option that was suggested.

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WNDR3700V3 Turn On Guest Access

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