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shubh1224's avatar
shubh1224
Aspirant
May 13, 2024

website is not getting blocked

i blocked quora,instagram,discord using the wifi router method but these websites keep opening there's no blocking, don't know what the problem is.

3 Replies

  • router can only block HTTP sites and not HTTPS ones. Most sites nowadays use encryption and are thus HTTPS
    • shubh1224's avatar
      shubh1224
      Aspirant

      any way to block these websites through out the wifi

      • microchip8's avatar
        microchip8
        Master
        Not on router level, but you can use the DNS servers of NextDNS and on their page block the sites.