Feature Request: Block or allow individual devices based on time schedule

I too would like to bump the request for true (time based and individual by MAC) access control.  It's ridiculous that a high end router at this price point doesn't have this feature included.  Also, for the OpenDNS parental control, it's an all or nothing.  It would be ideal for the access control to also allow selecting OpenDNS (restricted) or regular (unrestricted) DNS.

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Circle with Disney, I have been using it for over a year but fairly recently they also included a schedule to the many other features it already has. BUT do this work around, set up a profile for each device you want to track and control and assign the profile/users device as whatever it is you are setting up. For instance my kids have multiple devices iPad, IPhone and or Xbox so let’s say your son John has an iPhone and iPad and an Xbox you can only assign one device per user and sometimes different people use each device. If it were me I would first set up a profile for John and assign the iPhone as John's device (it is not difficult at all to set this up really) and I would make a profile for the Xbox and assign the Xbox as the device for that profile etc. You can track total hours spent online, set different levels of control based on kids, teens, adults etc. what apps they can and cannot use and for how long and so much more. Check out the web site for details.

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Circle is NOT the answer nor solution! At $100 extra for a feature that should be included in a $200+ router this is not a solution. All other major routers include this feature. Depending on a 3rd party solution ads cost, time and uneccesary complexity. 

I bought this router with DST to simplify my wireless setup. What it is doing now is adding cost AND complexity. In essence I lost $200+ because I have to replace it before the school year begins.

Being in IT tech support I cannot recommend Netgear and steer customers (and friends) to D-Link, Linksys and ASUS.

No pcsteyn not solved by Netgear and I contacted Netgear a few months ago and they have no plans in the works to add it into the router which I agree should be part of it it anyway, and no I would not buy another one.

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.

I've decided to buffer myself against crappy commercial routers(netgear) and installed pfSense. 

For those that do not know pfSense, it is open source(and free) firewall/router software. This gives you an enterprise strength router that is fairly easy to use. Reading manuals are essential!

My hardware layout was about $200. Installation was easy and straight forward. Setup was moderately difficult but any person with half decent tech knowledge will be able to do it if they read the manual. Once pfSense is in and running configuring it's as easy as learning any router web interfaces except that pfSense having a huge amount of documentation, tutorials and forums available.

Why did I decide on this solution? Firstly I like to play with new technologies and this need justified my spending the extra money on new hardware and the time learning a new platform. The biggest motivation for going with pfsense is that in feature I can swap and add wireless access devices without having to worry about functionality. All I care about now is what the radio strength is and there is a plethora of wireless access devices to choose from.

Also, I have re-commissioned my old router in the far side of the house, put it in AP mode, connected with cat5e to the pfSense box and have excellent wifi across my whole house.

In short: Installed pfSense, put the netgear in AP mode and have wifi. Re-commissioned old router and extended wifi accessibility across house.  And I have all the functionality I need and more.

If you need more info, let me know.

I just purchased an R7800 because of the remote access and touted great parental controls. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that it couldn't do something as simple as allow or block a device on a simple schedule that can vary based on days of the week. Multiple devices by MAC address and multiple days.

Ridiculous.

Please fix or respond. I've read the forums and the "work arounds" are a joke.

Add me to the list.  Find it completely unbelieveable that Netgear has left such a basic feature (that is a default feature in just about EVERY OTHER product out there) out of this high powered / $$ device. 

At this point I've just about given up on believing that Netgear is going to be anything to fix this glaring deficiencty, nor do I think they care.  As a result I am looking into 3rd party firmware in order to get this capability.

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. 

The mac address would be the thing to place under control as the ip address for the same device change depending on the address assigned to it that day printers and server normal have static ip address's if they did not you would to find on your network all the time.Even third party firmware has it it is just code.