Parental controls setup on Nighthawk router all working fine until now. It seems my Android tablets in Chrome aren't being controlled by the Parental controls or OpenDNS.I've checked all the settings and wondered if others have this problem and a solution?

Maybe some tweaking to my router will get parental controls working with IPv6 turner on.https://www.opendns.com/about/innovations/ipv6/

Parental Controls and Google Chrome

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clithes
Prodigy
Jan 31, 2017
Have you changed the DNS servers on your internet connection of the tablet itself, instead of letting it use the DNS servers in your router?
Farleigh
Aspirant
Jan 31, 2017
Thanks clothes, I've tried but the nexus 7 won't let me change the DNS settings. Surely I shouldn't need to make it a static IP?
- doraemon
  Prodigy
  Feb 07, 2017
  How can it not let you change it? Consider your Nexus just like any other computers where you can manipulate its settings. Unless it's password protected and you do not have the key.
  - StephenB
    Guru
    Feb 07, 2017
    doraemon wrote:
    
    How can it not let you change it? Consider your Nexus just like any other computers where you can manipulate its settings. Unless it's password protected and you do not have the key.
    
    Actually he might need to set a static address to over-ride the DHCP DNS settings. But it shouldn't be necessary.
    
    Is the nexus possibly reaching the blocked sites over cellular?
Farleigh
Aspirant
Jan 31, 2017
Sorry Clithes darn auto correct!
Farleigh
Aspirant
Feb 07, 2017
Evening,

So managed to set my nexus to a static IP address and added the Opendns servers to it. However both Chrome and Firefox are not blocking. I changed the netgear genie for my iPhone to high level and it blocked all the sites it should.

Not sure why just the nexus is not going through opendns.
- StephenB
  Guru
  Feb 08, 2017
  Farleigh wrote:
  Evening,
  
  So managed to set my nexus to a static IP address and added the Opendns servers to it. However both Chrome and Firefox are not blocking.
  
  Are the only DNS servers the openDNS ones?
Farleigh
Aspirant
Feb 08, 2017
So the DNS servers are only the OpenDNS ones. They are both the same on the nexus and on the router. Even when I go to www.opendns.com/welcome does it tell its not working. Strangely my iOS devices are being blocked as expected.
Farleigh
Aspirant
Feb 08, 2017
Fixed it! Disabled IPv6 on the router. All working as it should.
- StephenB
  Guru
  Feb 09, 2017
  Farleigh wrote:
  Fixed it! Disabled IPv6 on the router. All working as it should.
  
  So parental controls are bypassed if you use IPv6? Regrettable, and rather odd, since DNS is needed with IPv6 also.
Farleigh
Aspirant
Feb 09, 2017
Maybe some tweaking to my router will get parental controls working with IPv6 turner on.

https://www.opendns.com/about/innovations/ipv6/

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