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Orbi and Circle / Cost? / Wifi Approval / App Access - Mobile only or Both Web and Mobile??
I currently have xfinity wifi at home and my 13 year olds can make changes through the main TV and can change the mac addresses of their xboxes to bypass time limits. I need something different and better. Netgear Orbi seems like it may be what I need. a couple questions.
1. I think I answered my first question. It seems that use of Circles advance features cost $4.95/month. Yes, no? I thought I saw yesterday that using Circle mesh wifi directly was $14.95/month. Would that 14.95/mo protection be different than 4.95/mo when used with Orbi?
2. Very important. I Orbi be setup to prevent any new devices from connecting to the wifi until I authorize/allow them? Current problem with xfinity is that I can assign devices to each of my sons, but once they hit a time limit, they change the xbox mac address and can jump back on without any restrictions. (Arrrggghhh)
3. Can the Orbi and Circle also be controlled from a laptop via web browser rather than only the mobile interface? I had Eero for a while, but could only access through mobile/cell and that was a pain because many times I'm working at a PC and would be much simpler to access that way.
Thank you!
Mike
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