New Delhi: -NETGEAR®, Inc. a global networking company that delivers 
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The NETGEAR Genie is a desktop application that runs on both PC and Mac providing a simple dashboard to monitor, control and repair home networks. The application is currently available at no cost for the WNDR3800 and WNDR4500 with additional routers to be included soon.
With its innovative Genie application, NETGEAR has effectively solved customer frustrations when they are unable to diagnose home networking issues. Genie puts all the necessary tools in a single application to keep networks running healthy. Genie automatically sends alerts when networking issues occur and with a click of a button, automatically diagnoses and repairs them, or helps the customer repair the problem. It is also an easy-to-use dashboard for launching additional NETGEAR applications including; Parental Controls, Broadband Usage Meter, Wi-Fi Channel Selection, Network MAP, USB Disk Printer Sharing, and more.
On this occasion, Atul Jain, Country Manager, India and SAARC, NETGEAR, said, “We are delighted that the NETGEAR Genie application has been honoured among some of the industry’s leading developers. NETGEAR has won accolades in the past for its high-performance, easy-to use networking hardware, however this is the first award in the software category. We are privileged to be in the company of some of the best and futuristic innovators in the technology industry, added Mr Jain.”
Genie is a desktop application that enables a user to monitor, control and repair home networks through a simple dashboard.
Netgear is offering the application for free for the WNDR3800 and WNDR4500 range of routers, with compatibility for additional devices already planned for future releases. Earlier in the year, the networking vendor offered a new hardware replacement service to its customers
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