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JNGR2018
Tutor
Dec 12, 2020

App vs. Browser

Greetings,   This FAQ link:   https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Top-NETGEAR-Support-FAQs-Router-Login-Firmware-amp-More/m-p/1881104   Says, "We highly recommend you use...
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 13, 2020
JNGR2018 wrote:

 

This FAQ link:

 

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Top-NETGEAR-Support-FAQs-Router-Login-Firmware-amp-More/m-p/1881104

 

Says,

"We highly recommend you use the NETGEAR Nighthawk or Orbi app to access and monitor your router."

 

Can anyone explain to me why the apps are "highly recommended" as opposed to just accessing my router via a web browser, as I always have?

 

 

Probably because Netgear wants to dumb down things to the lowest common denominator.

 

Anyone with the tiniest bit of technical competence would warn against using a wifi based system that has limited features and is more liable to fall over than a wired link into a device.

 

 

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JNGR2018
Tutor
Dec 16, 2020

Thanks! That helps a lot.