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RBR40 x FVS318G x URL Filtering
Good evening, I would like to add firewall and url filtering to my network (for example: I want to block some youtube channels (https://www.youtube.com/channel/{channelID}). While researching the Internet I found that it seems I could achieve this with FVS318G.
Is there anyone here that uses this kind of setup? And how it is implemented?
Do I still need for example a Internet Security Suite installed on my machines?
Will this make my network slower?
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This product appears to have reached "End of Life" in 2017.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/FVS318G.aspx
Would it not be easier to subscribe to OpenDNS?
You could install a Raspberry Pi with Pi-hole software, but that is much more technical.
Thank you for the reply CrimpOn . Do you know if OpenDNS can handle blocking partial URLs? Because I don't want to block for example youtube at all just some channels. And I have Pi-Hole installed, but it only handles the domain not partial URL. I am still planning to install Squid proxy, just need more time to understand how it works.
Several posts have talked about using OpenDNS, but I have not. It's the "Wild West" at my house.
