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WNDR4000 router parental controls stopped working
Parental controls worked for years on my router, but recently I noticed that they are off, I went into the router website 192.168.1.1, and clicking Parental controls brings up a Netgear site instead of OpenDNS. I'm at loss what to do. I checked for firmware update and it says it's "current". Does anybody know what's wrong?
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KatrinSmith wrote:
Parental controls worked for years on my router, but recently I noticed that they are off, I went into the router website 192.168.1.1, and clicking Parental controls brings up a Netgear site instead of OpenDNS.
The free version is dead. Has neem for a year or more.
Open DNS backed out of the Netgear collaboration on free parental controls some time ago.
NOTICE: Live Parental Control Service based on Ope... - NETGEAR Communities
Netgear now offers various subscriptions for parental controls.
Which products support NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Other devices support Circle, another subscription service. But that too seems to be a moveable feast:
Which NETGEAR routers support Circle Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
There may be more recent stuff out there. It is hard to keep up.
What is Live Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
