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buckeyestargaze
Sep 23, 2015Star
Status:
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...
guyguy
Jan 11, 2017Apprentice
I have the Nighthawk r8000 and I like some Linksys and Asus features. In my opinion, Asus has best features to manage your home network and devices. Netgear needs to take the Asus features and apply them to the Nighthawk routers. Two most important features for me.
1. Block Sites- Give the user the ability to block by URL and Keyword. I know this feature does exist on the router but if you are using OpenDNS, what is the point of the feature. Again, give the user a choice to block sites on the router WITHOUT using OpenDNS.
2. Time Schedule- Give the user the ability to set a time schedule PER hour PER device on the router itself. This feature doesn't seem to exist on this router. A user should not have to completely turn off the wireless radios as means to control the time schedule. Everyone knows that if you pause a Youtube video AFTER the wireless radio is OFF, the video will continue to play and still gives the user the ability to search other videos. Again, I know you can set time blocks in OpenDNS to control the filtering level. That is not the same as blocking internet access to a wireless device.
There are other features I would like to see on the Nighthawk routers.