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Jamieh415
Aspirant
Dec 30, 2019

My device is blocked

This came up when trying to search the internet. See photo. My phone has not worked on my home’s WiFi for a while

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    • Jamieh415's avatar
      Jamieh415
      Aspirant
      Dec 30, 2019
      I have a son who games all day. Could he have blocked me? Does someone have to know my number to block me off my WiFi?
      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru
        Dec 30, 2019
        Jamieh415 wrote:
        I have a son who games all day. Could he have blocked me? Does someone have to know my number to block me off my WiFi?

        Sure he could. Kids a quick learners and very good at technology. Or it could have been anyone else who logged into the router and was playing around. All they need to do is log into the router and block specific devices with the access control page I linked to. Log into the router via an allowed device and you should be able to enable your device. Might want to change the password to the router if your kid is aware of it and if it was them blocking you.