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AndeeB
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Aug 03, 2015
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r7000 blocking websites - youtube

Hi All,

 

I have a R7000 and I am trying to block access to youtube - my 8 year old watches minecraft videos and comes close to using our monthly peak quota!

 

I have specified a schedule, essentially 12PM to 12AM (peak hours) and put 'youtube' in the list of words with domains to block.

 

While this does work if you try to go to http://www.youtube.com, there are ways around it suchs https://www.youtube.com and watching through the youtube app on mobile devices (via facebook probably works too but haven't tested)

 

I would have thought that placing 'youtube' would have blocked any traffic trying to get to youtube.  Is there a way to lock this down completely?

I don't want to block access completely, like using the OpenDNS account to blacklist the site. It really just between those hours that I want to block.

 

Thanks

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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Aug 11, 2015

    Hi AndeeB,

     

    The router's DNS will use the OpenDNS address. It is fine if the devices will have 192.168.1.1 DNS as it will still be routed to the DNS set in the router.


    Regards,

     

    JamesGL

    Community Team

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