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Orbi 960 Block Services Not Working
I have setup a Block Services rule on my Orbi 960 and it does not work. I have reserved a specific IP address for my robot vacuum (192.168.1.251). I then went to Advanced -> Block Services turned ...
After going back and forth with support a few times, I received this as a response:
"Thank you for your time and patience. According to the engineering team, the block services in the Web GUI will only block HTTP sites and services. They recommend using the Smart Parental Control instead."Unfortunately, Netgear charges a monthly fee to use the “Smart Parental Controls.” In my opinion, this is a highly anti-consumer practice, especially considering that these are fairly basic router capabilities on a product that costs over $1000.
After going back and forth with support a few times, I received this as a response:
"Thank you for your time and patience. According to the engineering team, the block services in the Web GUI will only block HTTP sites and services. They recommend using the Smart Parental Control instead."
Unfortunately, Netgear charges a monthly fee to use the “Smart Parental Controls.” In my opinion, this is a highly anti-consumer practice, especially considering that these are fairly basic router capabilities on a product that costs over $1000.
Try checking out external DNS services like OpenDNS and NextDNS.
