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CAX80 How do I block specific IPs?
I want to block google DNS (8.8.8.8) and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do it on my CAX80.
Does anyone know how?
Does anyone know how?
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Manuals are always a good place to start.
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Check the section in the manual Control Access to the Internet.
You may have done that already. I can't tell from the limited information in your message.
I mention it because Netgear gave up on supplying paper manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.You have posted your message in the section of this community given over to Nighthawk WiFi Routers. (This is easily done, given Netgear's complicated community structure.)
Many questions apply to different types of device, so there may be useful responses here, but you might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:
Cable Modems & RoutersYes I read the manual thoroughly. I read every section on any of kind access control and blocking I could find.
As far as I can tell the only blocking is keyword blocking.
Can this super expensive router/modem really not do a simple IP block?
> I want to block google DNS (8.8.8.8) [...]
I don't know what that means. What, exactly, is happening which you
want to stop?> [...] for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do it on my CAX80.
For the life of me, I can't guess what you're trying to do.
> Did you respond to the wrong thread? [...]If it disappeared, then it was probably a scam-link post. Some
children post semi-random text in forums like this, and include a link
to some (typically malicious) web site. Sometimes, forum moderators
will remove such posts.
