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scanlont
Dec 18, 2020Aspirant
RBR850 Schedule blocks services, but does not unblock.
My Orbi RBR850 will turn on blocking services for my son's xbox at the time scheduled to block services every night at 10:00. But it will keep blocking them in perpetuity and not unblock them at the scheduled time at 7 am every morning. It's driving me nuts and I can't find an answer. I can see all of the services still getting blocked in the logs.
The timestamp isn't the issue. I've also been through a few firmware updates and those don't fix the problem. I've reset to factory settings and reset the router a few times. It seems like a fatal flaw to have such an advanced system make it so difficult to try and shut down services so the kids aren't up all night gaming and also to have the relegated non-intuitive process also not work.
My old cheap netgear did this just fine, but for some reason couldn't handle my wife's MS Team meetings.
Has anyone else hit this situation and found a fix.
Firmware Version
V3.2.16.22_1.4.9
8 Replies
Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed since last FW update?
- HomeUserguyAspirant
- scanlontAspirant
It took me two weeks to find a good time to do that, but no dice. It's still filtering past the scheduled time. The old cheap Netgear gaming router was so easy to block my kids from wireless at night. I can't believe that I had to pay 4 times that for a system just because Team Meetings were having an issue. I don't understand why a company that has great controls on the inexpesive system can't seem to implement them on the Rolls Royce.
- HomeUserguyAspirant
I have a similar problem with the 850.. you would thinkg for the top model basic feature would work. I have found the schedule doesnt seem to respect the days of the week. The time on it seems to work for me.
I would validate you NTP settings to make sure they are accurate.
Logon to Orib
Advanced --> Admin --> NTP
check the date and time to make sure it matches.
- scanlontAspirant
Thanks for the ideas. I've restored to factory 4 times now. Which is always a three hour hassle for the family in lockdown. I've probably checked the date/time 20+ times.
Do you have IP address reservations set up on the RBR for our devices your trying to control?
How many devices are you controlling?
scanlont wrote:Thanks for the ideas. I've restored to factory 4 times now. Which is always a three hour hassle for the family in lockdown. I've probably checked the date/time 20+ times.