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jtmtech
Sep 30, 2025Aspirant
Device blocking does not work on 870
I have an 870 system with router firmware V10.5.20.4_1.3.5. Device blocking does not work properly. The only time it worked is when I set a device to be blocked and happen to restart the router. When...
CrimpOn
Sep 30, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Could you provide instructions on how to use "dev tools" to capture the web traffic between web browser and Orbi router?
(some of us would like to reproduce this, but are not experienced with ..... <whatever the hell you did>)
jtmtech
Sep 30, 2025Aspirant
On Chrome, I go View > Developer > Developer Tools > Network tab. Then you can see the network traffic being sent from the router UI to its backend with the commands for blocking, etc (that don't actually work).