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Aspirant

Feb 17, 2018

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Nighthawk X6 Can't Connect to Alexa

I'm trying to connect my shiny new Nighthawk to Alexa. Alexa keeps saying that she needs for the skill to be connected to Netgear. She sends a card referring me to netgear.com/alexa. My firmware ...

DexterJB
Feb 20, 2018
Hi CoolHappyGuy,

You will need to enable the Remote Login feature of the Genie app. The link below may help out.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26109

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

DexterJB

NETGEAR Moderator

Feb 20, 2018

Hi CoolHappyGuy,

You will need to enable the Remote Login feature of the Genie app. The link below may help out.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26109

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

CoolHappyGuy

Aspirant

Feb 21, 2018

Thanks! I was able to connect it by following the instructions you referenced.

I have to confess that I'm a little disappointed in that Alexa opened a guest network that was unsecured. I was hoping that "she" would open the guest network I set up. I think it's better to use the Genie app on my phone (which is actually pretty awesome, BTW!)

Thanks again for your help!