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tbh999
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Apr 14, 2018
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New Idea

Add Circle by Disney to the R9000 AD7200 router

Please add Circle to the R9000 Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Quad-Stream Wireless Router.  I selected the R9000 because it had enough hardwired ports to connect to my existing wired network and the 2Gbps port...
Parental Control
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WiFi Routers
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hidyn
Fledgling
May 26, 2018

I decided today to send the R9000 AD7200 router back. The limited parental controls are laughable. No way to allot time to individual users. Have to "bypass" in order to even try to do so. Can simply allow a device on or off on the network. Really confusing. I went back to Asus. Bought the top of the line ROG Rapture GT-5300. It is their gaming router. I did speed tests repeatedly througout my house. The R9000 was a tad better on my Giga-speed Comcast network, but not enough to endure not having access to easier parental controls. Asus allows through "Game IPS" to add individual users then block adult content, messaging, streaming, etc. Then it allows you to also set time limits from 1 hour to 24 hour 7 days a week. Asus Router app allows me to quicky change any of those settings once set up. If a kid is out of line and hours are taken away, I can have that done in 20 seconds, much to my kids' chagrin. So, sorry Netgear. You slightly ourrank in speed, but not enough to endure the lack of easy parental controls. 

 

I will give NETGEAR props though for their extender : 

 Nighthawk X6S Tri-Band WiFi Mesh Extender
 
If you have a serious deadspot as we do in the corner of our basement where there is an occupied bedroom, this is expensive, but worth it. I clocked speeds of 650Mbsp download in that bedroom now with Netgear router R9000, and 580-600Mbsp on the new Asus 5300 that I am keeping. With Asus mesh setting, it may get even better, but I doubt it. We'll see.