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VPN use bypasses Circle Bedtime limit! Why?
Orbi RBR40 with single satellite on firmware 2.5.1.22 I have Circle Premium active ($4.99/month) and have a device group for our son which is set to have bedtime limits. I have just discovere...
Hello simoneves,
The recommendations provided by another community user in the thread linked below may help.
Christian
Christian_R thank you for this. The port blocking idea sounds plausible, although I'm sure port usage is not consistent among VPNs so he'll probably just switch to another one which uses a different port.
For now I have decided to be open with him, and just ASK him not to be silly in terms of late-night usage. Since Circle doesn't manage to do the ONLY thing I need it to do, it's useless to me, and a waste of $4.99/month so I have canceled it for now.
I tried activating the alternative OpenDNS-based parental controls, but it requires an OpenDNS account, and I couldn't work out how to make one of those for a mere mortal, as opposed to signing up for some Cisco business account. Some research seems to indicate that Netgear are just clumsily and inconsistently phasing out all the old tools in favor of Circle. Sigh.
If he proves unwilling or unable to stick to our new agreement, I will dig into this again.