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I would like to know when the R8000P (AC4000 Nighthawk X6S) will get Disney Circle parental controls (or if it will). On the netgear website it shows it has it already but the latest firmware (1.2.1.6) does not include it, nor does the Circle App recognize the router after flashing this firmware and rebooting the router. Here is the page that shows Circle on this router: http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R8000P.aspx
(at least as of this posting December 14, 2018).
I'll be sending it back if this isn't available within a week or two since its the only reason I bought this router.
I would like to know when the R8000P (AC4000 Nighthawk X6S) will get Disney Circle parental controls (or if it will). On the netgear website it shows it has it already but the latest firmware (1.2.1.6) does not include it, nor does the Circle App recognize the router after flashing this firmware and rebooting the router. Here is the page that shows Circle on this router: http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R8000P.aspx
(at least as of this posting December 14, 2018).
I'll be sending it back if this isn't available within a week or two since its the only reason I bought this router.
Any further word on Circle with Disney support for the R8000P/X6S? i bought the router and the Circle "assuming" they would just work together. unless support is provided, i need to send one or both back asap.
Any timing updates would be appreciated.
BTW: having Circle 'built-in' would be an even better solution!
I find it disappointing that the Community managers have marked this question as answered when no solution has been provided.
When will the issue between R8000P and MeetCircle be resolved? Will support for MeetCircle be integrated into the device or will we continue to need to have two devices?
This is supposed to be one of the most advanced routers you have for the home user. Surprising that you cannot make this work.
@ron1cbe. You will buy yourself big problem if they integrate Circle in the router. Trust me, for the time being, you don't want to have it integrated in firmware for R8000P, until Netgear completely debug it. That is probably not in the near future... Best
Correct. it was initially listed on the Netgear website as supporting it but as of the writing of my post it did not support it. I have since returned that router, as this was the only reason for purchasing it. I've since bought the Orbi RBK50 (from Costco) which does have it and it works very well, albiet that system is a LOT more expensive. Interestingly I saw the slightly slower and less expensive Orbi RBk33 (on Amazon) which also said it had circle integration...guess what... NOT. Even the circle app siad the router supported (along with a sticker on the package from Netgear) but then proceeded to try and upgrade the firmware only to fail each and every time. It already had the latest firmware and didn't support it either.
If I was a lawayer I might look into starting a lawsuit againt Netgear for their blatently false marketing claims. If it isn't pure deception then it is compete ineptitude in their Marketing department promoting features that don't exist or yet exist.
I've since returned this router and picked up the mesh network Orbi system (RBK50) and Circle works flawlessly on this setup (albiet a lot more expensive and overkill for my smaller home, but I've got lots of connected devices). Have to be careful though or buy Netgear routers where they have a good return policy though as a cheaper model that was advertized (on the box and on the website) to have circle did not either. Netgear Marketing is good at selling ghost ware apparently... 🙂
I would like to know when the R8000P (AC4000 Nighthawk X6S) will get Disney Circle parental controls (or if it will).
You may not like the answer – "sometime" and "yes" – but it seems to warrant a Solved response. That flag is there for the benefit of people who come along and search the forum for the same question.
If you have a different question you might do better to start your own discussion and not to hitch a ride on one from someone else.
I have the R7000P (which again isn't in the drop-down) and I am unable to get Circle to work properly with my router. I created a discussion about it here but nobody has answered.
If you really want circle to work, I strongly recommend getting the hardware version of Circle. And the installed version on your router is NOT supported by Circle. I was hoping to get help here first on my issue because I didn't feel like waiting 90 minutes with Netgear customer support.
