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bertlewis
Aspirant
Jun 23, 2020

Preventing outgoing requests with Orbi RBR50

Model/Firmware: Orbi RBR50, V2.5.1.16 Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone knows how I could prevent outgoing requests on a per-device basis on the RBR50. I've tried blocking via "Access Control", thinking...
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bertlewis
Aspirant
Jun 23, 2020

Hey thanks, I think this is what I'm after! So if I choose Block Services and set the service type to Any, will that prevent all outgoing requests?

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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 23, 2020
bertlewis wrote:

So if I choose Block Services and set the service type to Any, will that prevent all outgoing requests?

Yes.  I would try that with one device first to "see what happens."  I am never confident that Orbi features actually do what one expects them to do.  For example, I tried blocking my cell phone, and it appears the phone simply switched over to LTE.  I then blocked a laptop and some web browsers said, "no internet" while others took a while, but eventually connected.  I could "ping" 1.1.1.1, which indicates that it "Any" certainly doesn't block everything.