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GUI vs Genie?

DERoss
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GUI vs Genie?

Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

Netgear N300 Wireless Router Model WNR2000v5

 

I have GUI Language Version V1.0.0.204.  Is that replaced by Genie (current version 2.4.48.0)?  Or are they distinct applications? 

Model: WNR2000v5|N300 WiFi Router
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antinode
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Re: GUI vs Genie?

   Ever helpful, Netgear uses the name "Genie" for more than one thing.
Netgear routers have a web-browser interface called "Genie", and Netgear
offers application programs for various computers/pads/phones, which are
also called "Genie".

> I have GUI Language Version V1.0.0.204.

   Where did you get that datum?  If it was associated with a firmware
version number, then it's probably determined by the firmware package
which is installed on the router.  In principle, Netgear could update
the GUI Language subset of a firmware kit separately from the main
firmware subset, but I don't know if that ever happens.

> Is that replaced by Genie (current version 2.4.48.0)?

   Which "Genie" is that?  Mac?  Windows?  iOS?  Android?

> [...] Or are they distinct applications?

   The Genie apps are apps.  The router firmware is the router firmware. 
Those items are largely independent.

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DERoss
Apprentice

Re: GUI vs Genie?

The GUI Language Version is displayed in the Router Information box when I login to the router and select [Advanced > Advanced Home]. 

 

I am assuming from antinode's reply that the Genie that could be installed from the file NETGEARGenie-install.exe (version 2.4.48.0) that I found on the Netgear Web site is NOT for use with a router used by a PC. 

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antinode
Guru

Re: GUI vs Genie?

> The GUI Language Version is displayed in the Router Information box
> when I login to the router and select [Advanced > Advanced Home].

   Ok.  That's tied to the router firmware.

> I am assuming from antinode's reply that the Genie that could be
> installed from the file NETGEARGenie-install.exe (version 2.4.48.0) that
> I found on the Netgear Web site is NOT for use with a router used by a
> PC.

   "I found on the Netgear Web site" is not a very helpful description
of where you found that file.  "the Netgear Web site" is a large place.
Perhaps:

   https://www.netgear.com/home/discover/apps/genie.aspx

   "NETGEARGenie-install.exe" is the installer for the Windows variant
of the genie app.  If you want a genie app for Windows, then that's what
you'd use to install it.  But those version numbers which you cited have
approximately nothing to do with each other.

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