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Smart kids bypass my security
My foster son (10 yr old) has just come up with a way to stay up all night, thwarting my efforts to impose bedtime shut-off of all devices. Would appreciate knowing if my suspicions are correct. Bo...
vtdave wrote:.......
On the ORBI app, if he has turned off the phone, I can't see it and turn off wi-fi access. And even if I see his phone and shut wi-fi off to him, he has a work-around.
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You don't need to manually turn off the wifi access for the kid, you can configure Orbi to block wifi access for this specific device on a specific time duration using access control. You just need the MAC address of the phone.