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New Idea
Feature Request: Block or allow individual devices based on time schedule
I have an R7500 Nighthawk router that works beautifully. But one feature I miss is the ability to block individual devices based on a time schedule. There is a feature to block ALL devices on a tim...
I've got 4 kids, and I'm finding this very frustrating not being able to set time in which the kids can't access the internet.
I have however come up with a half work around, in that I setup access control and set to block all the kids devices. Then I use the netgear phone app and simple turn on access control at the time I want them to stop being able to access the internet. Works a treat. Only problem is that I have to remember in the morning to turn it back off again.
Now if I could only turn that option on and off programmatically, i could write my own script and use windows scheduler to perform the timing.
Even better, if I could block an individual device programmatically I could set up a small DB that stores each individuals timings.
Even better I could probably set something up that basis the access on how much time they device has been on during the day.
But I simply can't find a way to connect to the router programmatically. So if that was fixed I would gladly write something and give it to Netgear to put part of there software suite.