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LCF
Aspirant
May 26, 2016
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Website Blocking Not Working On Tablets & Phone

Hi everyone,    I am hoping for some help with a potential serious issue for me.  I run an Amazon business on my home property and we recently renovated our guest house and are booking up AirBnb re...
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  • ElaineM's avatar
    ElaineM
    May 26, 2016

    Hello! How about if you enable Live Parental Control OpenDNS?

    When you enable Parental Control, add Amazon.com under Blacklist.

     

    Once you have enabled Parental Control, no one should be able to connect through Amazon either on PC's or mobile/tablet devices.

     

    Sample on Android

     

     

     

    Sample on iPhone

     

     

    Sample on Windows Phone

     

LCF's avatar
LCF
Aspirant
May 26, 2016

I added all the keywords to the blocked keyword list, and then I added the IP addresses I pulled to the blocked keyword list, but I couldn't find anywhere to specifically block by IP??

 

Either way, its still allowing access to the site. 

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netwrks
Master
May 26, 2016

Try a rebooting your router. Then retry your keyword blocking..

Worst case, you may need to do a router upgrade. Perhpas one of the R Series router, support blocking by IP. As I mentioned, HTTPS sites are hard to block. Perhaps ElaineM may be able to advise, which router / firmware. may work for your situation.