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Disney Circle on Orbi RBK50
Initially excited to see circle integration, figured that we can finaly do something that every other modern router has built in. Time limits on browsing for certain devices and some go beyond that feature set. Since if you buy the circle hardware from best buy for $99 you get the following with no subscription fee; Circle pairs wirelessly with your home Wi-Fi and allows you to manage every device on your network. Using the Circle app, families can create unique profiles for each family member. From here, kids will have a connected experience that is designed just for them. Time Limits, BedTime, Filter, Rewards, Pause, OffTime, Usage (note - these are not premium features) However, with netgear circle you only get filtering, pause and history (log) - the rest are premium features you can purchase additional functionallity for a subcription fee. And this subscription is only for wifi, if you want offline then you pay another subscription fee for that. So with disney Circle on netgear you get literally nothing that netgear already had with their genie app and opendns, and even less than that was capable of. I think this is a big fail here Netgear. please stop using this as a sales platform and give me the same features that are built into other routers. The addition is only a marketting button for disney circle premium. Please correct me if I got this wrong.R7000 - Disney Circle - Internet speeds through router slowdown
Creating a new thread to focus on this one issue. I don't believe this is a general slow wifi/slow internet issue, but is clearly Circle related. All tests done on wired connection via my Netgear R7000. I have a cable internet plan advertised as 150/15. This was all done on firmware 1.0.9.14, and I did a factory reset and setup my options yesterday fresh. I have never enabled QoS or Web Traffic. I do have IPv6 configured and it works. Circle was enabled now for 24 hours. Speed slowly sinks down to 37Mbps. I see this speedtest: Turn off Circle via webpage on router and hit apply. This saves quickly, no reboot of router. Now I see full speed, and see how solid the download speed is? I turn Circle back on, hit apply and I get this speed test. All tests run inside 2 minutes: Turn Circle back off, and retest. Going to leave it off for 24 hours now to test: Looking for any support from Netgear if this is expected, and if it is fixable. Willing to help test if needed, as Cirlce seems like a great feature.Introducing Circle Smart Parental Controls for Nighthawk AC2300 (R7000P)
Now you can limit daily internet time for websites, apps and more. This feature has been built into one of NETGEAR’s most popular routers the Nigthhawk AC2300 (R7000P). Circle features a set of basic features like filter and history for free and additional premium features such as time limits and rewards. Enable Circle on your R7000p Today. If you need more info or help, learn more about Circle on our informational landing Page. Or visit the Circle support page. Let us know what you think in the comments below.R7000 in bridge mode (AP) with Disney Circle
Hello, I have a R7000 router, in bridge mode wich is connected to my ISP supplied modem, a Huawei brand. I need to have the Huawei connected becuase it has a VOIP connection and the R7000 doesnt. I want to use the new Disney Circle, however when I go to connect to the R7000 via the iOS APP it says that I cant connect to the R7000 when it is in AP or Bridge Mode. My question is. How can I use Disney Circle (full paid access) with my current setup. Are then any settings or hardware changes I can do? I know I can remove the Huawei, but I will lose my VOIP.Daily loss of internet access after enabling Circle by Disney on the R7000
We enabled Circle by Disney on the R7000 about two weeks ago. Since then we have been experiencing (almost daily) internet outages. Initially I just rebooted the router and the problem went away but more recently I've just disabled and then renabled Circle and that resolved the issue. When the problem occurs I check the internet status on the router's admin status page and it always reports "Good". With Circle we only have resrictions on a subset of the devices but when we encouter the problem all devices can not access the internet so we are not hitting any limits we established in Circle. Anyone else using Circle and experiencing this problem? Firmware: V1.0.9.12_1.2.23 ChrisReduced bandwidth with Disney Circle
I tried enabling Circle with Disney. I have seen a 30-35% drop in bandwidth when in use. If I switch back to using OpenDNS performance reverts to normal levels. Anyone else noticed this? I am running the latest firmware. More details: I have a 200 Mbps connection and using http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest I can see that I am getting what I pay for when OpenDNS is enabled. When I switch to using Circle, bandwidth during the speedtest drops to 130-140 Mbps.
