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DynDNS and DNS blocking with Netgear c7800
I am using a Netgear Nighthawk X4S C7800 with DynDNS and I'm unable to block websites with the domain name blocking feature in Netgear. Is it becuse I am using DYN DNS? I don't know how, since I am...
What are you doing? Trying to block Youtube
What happens? Nothing
Why are you doing it? I am adding the domain I want to block (youtube) in the Security dropdown in Block SItes location. I have tried adding
youtube.com
*.youtube.com
youtube.com/*
*youtube*
And can still get to youtube. The only thing I could think is it could have something to do with DynDNS (don't know how), but that is why I can to this fourm.
Is this not the correct place to ask this kind of question? Is Netgear not capable of blocking a domain in this fassion?
> [...] Is it becuse I am using DYN DNS? [...]
I doubt it. DynDNS only deals with the association between some DNS
name and your router's (current) WAN/Internet IP address. Nothing to do
with any kind of access control.
> [...] I am unable to block a domain.
I know nothing, but I suspect that that whole "Block Sites" scheme
might be defeated by the encryption which is implicit in "https://"