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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...
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
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.
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
Hi Elaine,
Where do I access that page to add those to the blacklist? I downloaded the Netgear Genie app and it had me log into Open DNS via the app, but there is no option from within the app to add it to a blacklist?When you have Genie, click on Custom Settings and then you'll have the first screenshot I have.
It will be under Account Settings > Blacklist/Whitelist
When I open the genie app on my iphone (while connected to the router I am trying to limit Amazon access to), I click Parental Controls, then it takes me to "Change Custom Settings", which opens a browser and asks me to log into OpenDns.. I log in, but its not showing me the same screen you posted photos of. This photo is the one I see:
