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glowingnova
Aspirant
Sep 09, 2016

WNDR 4300 Parental Controls not working

I have set parental controls to high through Netgear Genie, but I can still access adult sites, video sharing, and social networking sites. It seems to be not working at all.  The DNS servers on my ...
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DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Sep 19, 2016

Hi glowingnova,

 

I would like to follow up and check if you are still experiencing the issue.

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

Community Team

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glowingnova
Aspirant
Sep 19, 2016

It seems that the problem was that I just had not waited long enough. After an hour or so, it started to block the websites I wanted it to block. I expected the changes to take place immediately. Thank you!

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    DexterJB
    NETGEAR Moderator
    Sep 19, 2016

    Hi glowingnova,

     

    Thank you for responding. Glad to know it is working now.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team