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guyguy
Nov 14, 2016Apprentice
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. ...
jdoo5434
Oct 29, 2017Initiate
I am SO disappointed in the lack of flexible device access scheduling on this router. I cannot believe a company with the consumer base of Netgear hasn't figured out that parents want flexible control on a per device basis in their household. I just "upgraded" to this modem router (xfinity user) because I wanted fuller support for the xfinity service i have, and because netgear has in general been more on the ball with needed firmware udpates.
Netgear--seriously--content filtering is at best a very limited form of parental control. I have teens in my house, and desperately need a way to schedule their access by device by day and by hour--variable. I did figure out how to block services on a schedule, but it only allows me to set one schedule, so I can only block access to services in one way regardless of the day of week. OMG--my kids have different weekday/weekend access schedules!!! Are you kidding here? Get some parents involved in your product ideation.
This may or may not stall my netgear adoption.
guyguy
Dec 13, 2017Apprentice
I have said this time and time again. Netgear SUCKS. They are clueless when it comes to parental controls. They use OpenDNS for content filtering which they suck too. Don't waste your time and effort fixing OR looking at fixing something that you that is out of your control. Stop using their product. Depending on your budget, buy a Linksys, Asus or Synology router.
- Kkorm3Jan 02, 2018AspirantMy c7000 has two channels the 2.4 and 5, I went to advance setup then wireless and set a time block on channel 2.4 so at 10pm my 2.4 wifi goes off but the 5 continues to work. My son does not have the password for the 5 so all his electronics go off and the rest of ours work.