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At this stage of development, WHY do you still not have a way of importing/exporting things like address reservations? I have a spreadsheet of my machines/tablets/phones, and it would be really simple to bring them in all at once, were the UI designed correctly.
But as it is, I have to enter each reservation one at a time, clicking down into the screens needed. And THEN once I've entered one, applying it exits the entry screen, and I have to go back into that screen again just to enter another single item. Not very useful, especially since you aren't able to show me already entered devices in proper IP number order.
Presumably, because adding a command-line interface would be difficult, and not justify the investment. And user errors would increase impressively, along with support costs.
> [...] it would be really simple [...]
If it's all _that_ simple, then let us know when you've got it working?
> [...] show me already entered devices in proper IP number order.
Put them in that way?
Close to twenty years ago, I used a Cisco 678 which had (only) a command-line interface (with serial port or Telnet access), and I could easily copy+paste port-forwarding rules, and so on, when I wanted to. I could also misconfigure the thing pretty easily.
If you want professional-grade features, then get professional-grade equipment?
Presumably, because adding a command-line interface would be difficult, and not justify the investment. And user errors would increase impressively, along with support costs.
> [...] show me already entered devices in proper IP number order.
Put them in that way?
If you want professional-grade features, then get professional-grade equipment?
Oh, sorry, someone might actually have to do some WORK on their products...
So you're saying I should have to DELETE all my entries and re-type them in order to have them sorted? And if I'm adding devices in the middle of the list, go through that all over again? Then WHY do we have an electronic device in the first place??? And if there's a mistake somewhere in the middle, delete them all and re-enter them again? Next you're telling me I need to manually set the bits with a magnetized needle.
"Professional Grade" equipment doesn't have parental controls/time controls. Next brilliant idea?
> Oh, sorry, someone might actually have to do some WORK on their > products...
A little forum browsing ought to make it pretty clear that Netgear has finite resources to apply to firmware problems on these routers, many of which cause bigger problems than inconvenient data entry. I _hope_ that they'd prioritize those resources in ways which would probably do nothing to ease your pain.
> So you're saying [...]
No, I'm saying that any resources which Netgear applied to your complaint would be unwisely spent, given all the other, more important problems which need their attention.
> [...] I need to manually set the bits with a magnetized needle.
I doubt that that would work well with modern, semiconductor devices.
> "Professional Grade" equipment doesn't have parental controls/time > controls. Next brilliant idea?
If no one else has produced the device which you want, then you can either pay someone to do it for you, or you can do it yourself. Or you can wait for it to appear.
As you may recall, you originally asked why some potentially desirable features were not (already) available (phrased as if someone from Netgear might be paying attention, and care.) I believe that I answered that question (although my relationship to Netgear is, like yours, only as a victim).
There's a dedicated suggestions forum somewhere, for just such feature requests. I assume that it's mostly a black hole, so I haven't recorded its location, but I'd expect a Web search to find it without very much difficulty.
> The comment about a magnetized needle was sarcasm. [...]
Thanks. I _never_ would have guessed. There's a corollary to Clarke's third law: "Any sufficiently lame sarcasm is indistinguishable from stupidity." (Or, at least, deserves to be treated as such.)
