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Looking for videos of parental settings for the Nighthawk DOCSIS 3.1
I have been so disappointed with parental controls offered by various routers. And I've discovered that sometimes the user guide contains promises that the router can't really do. Are there any links...
I see no sign that the CAX80 supports parental controls.
Which products support NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Other devices support Circle:
Which NETGEAR routers support Circle Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Circle also needs a subscription.
These variations on parental controls have their own sections in this community.
Circle Smart Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities
or
NETGEAR Smart Home Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities
Thanks for the warning.
The user guide for the CAX80 has an entire chapter on its controls, and I wondered if they really were working or not.
Chuckbo wrote:
Thanks for the warning.
The user guide for the CAX80 has an entire chapter on its controls, and I wondered if they really were working or not.
I don't know which user guide you were checking, but I can see nothing on parental controls in the User Manual for the CAX80.
However, we've seen that sort of confusion before. Just because something is (or isn't) in the manual isn't an infallible guide.
Unlike older cables modems, the CAX series has firmware (for the router bit) that Netgear can tweak to add things like parental controls. So, just because the manual says nothing isn't a guarantee.
But noodling around the support pages for this device reveals nothing relevant.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/CAX80.aspx
I was looking at chapter 4 in this document.
Chuckbo wrote:
I was looking at chapter 4 in this document.
That's not "parental controls".
But if it does what you want, fine.