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CB50's avatar
CB50
Aspirant
Dec 02, 2013

BT Home Hub with Netgear Devices

I have tried quite a few times to correct this but cannot.

Current System: BT Home Hub 3 used as modem and DCHP (not used for wireless). Connected to an unmanned NetGear Switch with network cabling running around the house. WNDR 3700 routers around house used for wireless and switches.

Within the Netgear Routers i cannot turn on scheduling or update the time or live parental controls.

I am basically trying to setup the system so that i can disable access for the kids devices at certain times and control age related content - with iphones/pads and kindles it is difficult to control on the devices.

Any tips or advice is very welcomed.

Thanks

Colin

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    You are in the wrong forum for this (you should be at forum1.netgear.com). This forum is specific to readynas products.

    But to get you started, it sounds like you are using the WNDR3700 as switches and access points, not as routers. The parental controls only work if you are using them as a router - and you are not.

    It is possible to double-route (put in one WNDR3700 between the home hub and all your other devices). Then you can put that WNDR3700 into router mode. Note this will change the address range of your home LAN. That is, if your BT router uses 192.168.1.x, the WNDR3700 would need to use something else (such as 10.0.0.x). If you are using DHCP, that would be taken care of automatically.

    If you are using port forwarding in the Home Hub, you would need to adjust the port forwarding to go through two routers. That means change the rules in the home hub to forward to the WNDR3700, and then set up new rules in the WNDR3700 to forward those ports again to the devices.

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