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dtay
Sep 24, 2021Luminary
New Smart Parental Controls (from the V4.6.3.16_2.0.51 firmware on RBR850/RKB853)
Last night, my Orbi AX (RBK853) got updated with the new V4.6.3.16_2.0.51 firmware that has the new Smart Parental Controls. Being a Circle and Circle Plus user for years, I was really curious to se...
DubSyd
Sep 27, 2021Guide
We just got a trial of the SPC with our latest upgrade - and it is not working well at all for us. We have been using it for 5 days, and it seems to be tracking internet use according to the history, but the time that is actually shown in the children's usage total is way below how long they are actually spending. For example, today it was saying that my daughter had been online for a total of 30 minutes, when she had been on for close to 2 hours. The history showed sites being visited, but it just want not adding up all her usage time.
The only time so far in this trial where it actually said that my two kids had reached their time limits, it did not actually stop my son's access to the internet on his laptop, despite indicating that his time was used up.
So it is definitely not reliable for us so far!
We will be contacting netgear support and hopefully we will be able to get it functioning as intended. I love the features that it is supposed to have.
DubSyd
Sep 27, 2021Guide
Forgot to add - We also have the RBK 853