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Blocked Service but imessage goes through
I've blocked services on a schedule and it blocks web browsing but imessage still work. How can stop all services?
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atleasttwochara wrote:I've blocked services on a schedule and it blocks web browsing but imessage still work. How can stop all services?
Does this pertain to your Orbi or an iPhone? Blocking services on the Orbi is limited. Normally phone blocking takes place on the phone itself. Don't be confused by the IP_Phone block on the Orbi as it is for VOIP phones.
my netgear product is actuall RBR10 dual band system but wasnt in drop down. Devices affected are wi-fi only ipads and are able to text even though services are blocked.
atleasttwochara wrote:my netgear product is actuall RBR10 dual band system but wasnt in drop down. Devices affected are wi-fi only ipads and are able to text even though services are blocked.
When you say text, are you referring to Apple's communications system, like Facetime, Imessage, etc?
If so these are the ports open. Possibly blocking these will give you the results you need.
FaceTime:
80 (TCP), 443 (TCP), 3478 through 3497 (UDP), 5223 (TCP), 16384 through 16387 (UDP), 16393 through 16402 (UDP)
iMessage:
80 (TCP), 443 (TCP), 5223 (TCP)
atleasttwochara wrote:I've blocked services on a schedule and it blocks web browsing but imessage still work. How can stop all services?
Can you describe the way the service block was implemented. If you want a certain WiFi device to be "cut off" for certain hours of the day, I would think the block should be "Any" from "1" through "65535" for "TCP/UDP" and you would specify the IP address of the iPad to be controlled.
Hi - Under LAN set up I assigned my kids devices IP addresses in a range. I also set up a schedule and then under blocked services setup I blocked the range of IP addresses per schedule. It seems to work for web browsing and most apps but they can still send imessages even on wifi only iPads.
The blocked services are
Type = Any
Protocol = TCP/UDP
starting port = 1
ending port = 65535
The type is the only field I can change.
I tried and was not able to block i-messages or facetime
