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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...
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.
That's what I'm trying to determine … if it really does what it says it does.
• Can it really limit internet access by device?
• Can it really limit access to specific sites?
• Can it limit access to specific sites by device and during certain time periods?
• Can it report on activity on specific devices?
That's what parents are looking for? That's partly what chapter 4 claims — maybe. But I've had another Netgear router that made claims in advertising that it didn't deliver on. That's why I'm interested in a video that shows these features in action.
Chuck