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Time Schedule and Parental Controls
I am trying out the Nighthawk router and I am comparing its features to Linksys and Asus routers. The router has the latest firmware version. I have a few questions about using the Nighthawk router. ...
1. No you cant block apps through LPC. It can only filter HTTP/HTTPs service.
2. To set a time schedule per device;
a. LAN IP reservation - so the IP wont change and blocking services always works
b. Block services - where you configure the service and the IP to be filtered (if you want to completely block that device IP set Service to "ANY" or all services)
c. Schedule - the timeframe you want to set
3. 2 options
Remote Genie - where you use the NETGEAR Genie -KB guide here
Remote Management - HTTPs access using WAN IP or dynamic DNS -KB guide here
Hope this helps u :)
Thanks for the response. I was able to block sites and set a time schedule on the Linksys and Asus router. Doing this task was very simple and straightforward. To followup with your answers.
1) I am not looking to block apps on the router. That would be a great feature to have but most home routers don't support it. I am looking to block www.facebook.com or www.netflix.com PER device. I want to block sites without affecting other devices. For example, I want to block www.facebook.com or www.youtube.com so that an iPod or computer doesn't have access to those sites. I don't want Mary to have access to those sites on her iPod or laptop.
2) If Mary's iPod or laptop has an IP of 192.168.0.123, I would static that number on the router and set the time schedule to whatever I want. For example, I want to give Mary from 2pm to 8pm EVERYDAY on her laptop internet access. Next, I want turn OFF the internet access at 8pm to 2pm the following day.
Again, I was able to block sites PER device without affecting any other device in the house. Also, I was able to set a time schedule PER device on both Linksys and Asus routers. It was very easy to do it on those routers and I am looking for the same easy method on the Netgear router.