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Can you block a device on an Orbi (v2.7.3.22) when it is not connected to the network?
I have an Orbi v2.7.3.22 and I am interested in blocking devices that have been on my network in the past. My youngest son has a gaming machine and if I block him while he is gaming he gets banned fo...
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I'm not asking if I can control how long, I'm asking if I can block access when his machine is not connected to the network.
The complicated parts of this are:
- What access is to be blocked?
My guess is only "gaming". i.e. but allow internet use for homework. (maybe email?) - When to be blocked? To avoid the potential for a permanent ban, a block must start when the computer is not gaming.
- How much personal involvement for you? (every day?)
- Can you prevent him from changing the hardware MAC address of the computer?
If you cannot, then no form of blocking can work because he'll just change the MAC address, which will cause the router to give him another IP address. Or, he can just set a Static IP on the computer himself.
On the Orbi web browser interface, the Advanced Tab, Security Menu, Block Services, you might be able to:
- Define a block of the specific ports used for gaming. (and hope that they do not include ports used for general web use, email, and homework).
- Define a block to begin when he is guaranteed to be out of the house and not in the middle of a game.
- Define the block to end after homework should be finished and he is allowed to begin gaming.
(These times can be different for different days of the week.) - The block will apply to the one IP address, which is the IP address that is assigned to the gaming computer hardware MAC address.
My observation is that these battles never end well.
- What access is to be blocked?
