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I'd like to suggest this capability for a locally (to the specific WiFi) be supported to allow the owner of the wifi router to have it display an alternate Blocked Site Screen that the router owner creates and puts out there*. A lot of people have been asking for this capability, and not limited to the R7000. I'd say this request /appreciation probably exists across your entire line of products (routers and access points).
- *Where the local HTML would be placed has many possibilities, it could be a shared common space on that router, perhaps on the jump drive in the router, or even installed as a BIN update in some extra non-volatile memory space you have in the firmware on the router.
- If the local HTML existed then the browser would display that, otherwise it would defaul to display http://www.routerlogin.com/WEB_site_block.htm
I for one would pay a little extra for this personalization capability, and for sure all other things being equal I would buy a router or AP with this capability over one without it, even if it made me consider some OEM.
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Amen, this is a no-brainer. Netgear should allow us to personalize this Blocked URL (specific to this wi-fi) , and if our own custom message can't be pointed to outside the firmware, then give us modest space inside the firmware for a basic html screen and its message.
There's been no explanation why this has been denied, no reason it can't be delivered reasonably quick in firmware. I and others first asked for this in the R7000 product. I had hoped if I shelled out the big bucks for an OMNI set that (by then) Netgear had listened and built-it in. If it's there it's well-hidden. Come-on Netgear, give us a choice.