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Configure wireless access points to block websites per SSID??
Hi, is there any way to block websites, URL keywords, etc per a given SSID?
Eg: In our business, we would like to create an SSID that allows full access to the internet, but another SSID that would block specific sites. Eg, block: Facebook.com, Instagram.com, Twitter.com, etc.
As it currently appears, our WAC510 access points only allow blocking URLs and keywords on a global basis - not per SSID, so it's not very granular...
Thanks in advance.
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I received an email with a link that says: "Check it out! Your topic recently received a reply!"
The link is broken and goes nowhere. The URL is literally: "http://link/" I had to manually login to find a reply from a week ago.
Netgear fobbing off support to the "Netgear Community", and the poor execution of it, is a reason I won't be buying Netgear equipment in the future.
I'm just an (active) normal and non-privileged user here, so receiving virtually dozens of such emails, the URL format is like this (these are real ones taken from the notification I've received)...
Re: Configure wireless access points to block websites per SSID??
...and does perfectly point to the very exact reply. Community sections which are open show the reply. Restricted sections require a login, and so is if you intend to reply.
Check your undefined email service, email client, look for some Internet Security junk having his fingers in your data path. Almost convinced this isn't a community SaaS (very popular with many other brands for the similar purpose!) or a Netgear problem.
The notification with the bad link appears to have come from a daemon that runs outside of the standard notify-when-post-is-answered process. That email seems part of some kind of community engagement process, as noted in the subject: "Did you get the answer you needed?" This appears to run when a post has a reply, but the OP hasn't marked the issue as solved after a given time.
The standard notify-when-post-is-answered emails do contain valid links, as you noted, but these other engagement messages appear to be badly formed.
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