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2 routers, parental control need & problems accessing subnet devices
Hello, I have acquired a R7000 for parental control. I have connected it to my IAP modem that is also a router, which can't be be set in bridge or AP mode. R7000 must be kept in router mode to enabl...
antinode wrote :
You seem to have gotten a near-perfect combination of missing features on these two boxes.
You said it :-). Do you think my setting would work fine with the D7000 ? I would loose the Circle parental control function but would have at least a network that would look more logical to me otherwise I only see two options :
- returning R7000 and leaving my kids in the wild, being a bad father and getting in worse troubles when they will get older :)
- putting all my devices but TV box behind R7000 hoping not to have double NAT issues (e.g. when using SSH connection to office servers ) or putting it in the modem DNZ to avoid this.
Is this correct ?
michaelkenward wrote : I assume that you have asked your internet service provider for help with this question.
... I am afraid that no relevant help can be expected from my ISP. They provide good quality service to the mass and super fast network here, but do not want people to do "alternative" things with their equipement. This is why there are so little settings in their modem. I can understand.
Do you think it is worth contacting netgear support team to see if there is a trick that we had not thought about ?
michaelkenward wrote : Good luck. Hope you get it sorted before the kids are too old to need parental controls. Oh, and be warned that some young persons are smarter than their parents and quickly find ways round parental controls.
:-) Thanks ! I am afraid that I need more than luck these days, the older has turned 13 :-)
Olive1931 wrote:
Do you think it is worth contacting netgear support team to see if there is a trick that we had not thought about ?
I doubt if that will throw up much that hasn't already come up here.
What you seek is outside the usual use of these boxes. Despite their multitude if model numbers, they all do essentially the same stuff at the basic level. So turning a router into an access point, for example, will lead to similar effects no matter what router you buy.
That's why Netgear has generic articles ion the KnowledgeBase. For example:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Sometimes there are individual release notes, but they are effectively the same for all models:
What features are disabled when my Nighthawk R7000 is set to bridge mode? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Both of these warn that parental controls don't work in that mode.
And trying to get round this by turning a modem into a router brings you back to the same problems.
I said earlier:
The D7000 is probably much like the R7000 but with a modem built in.
So using the D7000 with the modem disabled just brings you back to the issues that affect the R7000.
But we have been through all that.
I have no idea how they compare, but Netgear has an alternative product line in the Orbi.
Some people dismiss these as toys. I wouldn't know. But Netgear does sell them as "family friendly" boxes. Then again, they may just be standard routers in "designer" cases.