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XR500 losing settings after AC power loss
This XR500 is plugged in an AC power strip, and when we want to turnoff the wifi on our kid, we just hit that switch button. Lately, in last month, on two times we shut down the AC main on this route...
instead of killing power to the router anytime you want to shut off wifi for your child, you could just use the app to shut off wifi. Its pretty simple and quick to do even for a non-technical person. Your other option is to setup the guest wifi for just your child to use and shut that off from the app so you and your wife still have access.
This doesn't fix the initial settings problem but can help it from reoccurring.
If you go the Device Manager you can click on a device and block it. This will prevent them from accessing the Internet