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thesuffering
Tutor
Jan 12, 2018
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Block Services not allowing more than 1 IP

Trying to use the block services feature to block my kids devices at night so they cannot sit up on the internet all night.  I can add one local IP to the block services table, but any others I try a...
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DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Jan 19, 2018

Hi thesuffering,

 

What you can try is use a combination of features: Address reservation, Schedule, and Block Services.

 

First, you can do Address Reservation for your kids devices and set them on a range (i.e. 192.168.1.2-192.168.1.10). Steps are linked below.

 

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24091

 

Second, set a schedule (i.e. 22:00 to 06:00). Steps are linked below.

 

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24055

 

Third, set to block all services. Steps are linked below.

 

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24054

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

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  • thesuffering's avatar
    thesuffering
    Tutor
    Jan 19, 2018

    DexterJB

    The problem is step 3, block services.  I can enter the first IP of the first device just fine.  When I try to add a 2nd IP, nothing happens.  I click add and it goes back to the block services table with the first IP I entered only.  It wont let me add more than 1 IP to the block services table.

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    thesuffering
    Tutor
    Jan 19, 2018

    I didnt notice the part about setting them in a range.  Did that, and the router allowed me to set the range.  Itd make more sense to just let me pick whatever IPs I want, but address reservation and the range worked well enough.