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Apprentice

Nov 14, 2016

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. ...

Genie

DexterJB

NETGEAR Moderator

Nov 22, 2016

Hi guyguy,

1. You can use the per device filtering feature on the NETGEAR Genie app/program and set the filtering level to "High" or "Custom" on the devices you would want Facebook and YouTube to be filtered on. You can check the link below.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29913

2. As for setting a schedule for Internet access on specific device/s, you can follow storm1985's advice of setting up Address Reservation for the devices then block all services on a set schedule. You can check the links below.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24091

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24055

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24054

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

guyguy

Apprentice

Nov 23, 2016

Dexter~ Thanks for the reply. Netgear has an odd way of doing things. Both Linksys and Asus use a grid to block time which to me is easier than how Netgear does it.

1. After I block a site, how long do you wait for it to take affect on the router? I thought I had tried this on my iPod and I was still able to access FB or Youtube on the browser and app. Yes, I understand that I can't block apps on a device. I just want to block sites like FB or Netflix on specific devices both laptop and iPod.

2. I will try to to set a schedule for internet access based on Storms advice.

I will try the suggestions and advice and I will post my results.