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Block/Allow Schedule Via Mac Addresses
Dear Netgear, 1. The mac address control (block/allow) ability is pretty weak. I really need the ability to schedule device level access, preferrably by mac address, via a time and day schedule. 2. Additionally, we need override buttons on the Genie apps to immidiately block and release internet access via the router. Push a button, it disables access. Push it again, it resumes access. Furthermore, an override button if (and only if) mac address scheduled controls have been enabled, as described above. Push a button, it overrrides the schedule. Push it again, the schedule resumes. Nothing is perfect, right? I mean, what if my pregnant wife wakes up at 3:04am and wants to Google 'pickles and ice cream' and her shiny new iPhone is blocked via schedule? Bad husband! It easy.... just copy paste the code from one of your other packages. I mean, we're talkng about the grandaddy Netgear Tri-Band Nighthawk R8500 four antenna monster here aren't we? We need souped up software to go along with that drag racing wifi router. How about RGB LEDs for those antenna tips while we're at it? (JK) Mike
Netgear Genie Still Crashing
Netgear Genie crashes EVERY time it is launched within seconds of running the desktop app (Win7) ... just like myriad other users of this (poor) desktop app: Faulting application name: NETGEARGenie.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x501f2662 Faulting module name: SvtNetworkTool.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x507d1e59 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000014ad Faulting process id: 0x20c0 Faulting application start time: 0x01d3858bfc9e24b5 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NETGEAR Genie\bin\NETGEARGenie.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NETGEAR Genie\bin\SvtNetworkTool.dll Report Id: 3ba65cb5-f17f-11e7-8629-864332c57706 Given the problem has existed for YEARS in various forms, is there any full and complete solution ... yet!!!? Regards, Stephen E Crane.Update/Refresh Netgear Genie Program
PLEASE update the Genie program. It is so slow, clunky, outdated, and ugly. It's really pathetic, especially in the vain of more expensive hardware. The user experience does not match the price. It's like buying a Mercedes but the seats are made of cheap cloth. If I spend hundreds of dollars on a top of the line product, I expect the software to be excellent. Other companies have much better software. Catch up.Netgear Genie won't quit on Mac OS X
This is to revive the "closed" discussion thread with the same title at https://community.netgear.com/t5/Home-Networking-Apps/Netgear-Genie-won-t-quit-on-Mac-OS-X/m-p/1145204#M717 from January 2016, which is misleadingly marked as "solved": what is actually provided there is a hack that "solves" the issue with NETWORK Genie hanging when "quit" by sacrificing/disabling functionality through renaming of a library file. (at the same time, NETWORK Genie is unstable and does crash -- please see the topical thread.) Any hopes for this being addressed anytime soon? Alternatively: is there any official position/recommendation by NETGEAR to use open source linux-based software on a R7800 Nighthawk X4? Thank you!Why do you provide such horrible support and software/firmware?
For a netgear moderator to answer. Do you guys even care about the customer base? Your software is horrible and you do nothing about it. You don't seem to pay attention to or listen to feedback. Support options for you guys is awful as well. Would love to hear a response.