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Parental controls on C7000v2
Hello all, The C7000v2 cable modem I bought myself worked fine with the Parent Controls, and my service provider is Comcast. Recently it started to not. So I used the NETGEAR genie application to...
lucliu wrote:
The C7000v2 cable modem I bought myself worked fine with the Parent Controls, and my service provider is Comcast.
Which parental controls?
There are various types of parental controls with their own sections in this community.
Circle Smart Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities
or
NETGEAR Smart Home Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities
Which products support NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Other devices support Circle:
Which NETGEAR routers support Circle Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Circle also needs a subscription.
Open DNS backed out of the Netgear collaboration on free parental controls some time ago.
NOTICE: Live Parental Control Service based on Ope... - NETGEAR Communities
Netgear now offers various subscriptions for parental controls.
Which products support NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Other devices support Circle, another subscription service. But that too seems to be a moveable feast:
Which NETGEAR routers support Circle Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
There may be more recent stuff out there. It is hard to keep up.
What is Live Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Is there a way to downgrade the firmware ...
No.
Currently I configured with OpenDNS nameservers on C7000v2 for parents controls. Its service is OK, but you can't configure with specific time intervals.
lucliu wrote:
Currently I configured with OpenDNS nameservers on C7000v2 for parents controls. Its service is OK, but you can't configure with specific time intervals.
That's what happens when you have combined modem/router. It is never going to be as versatile, or kept up to date, as a modem followed by a stand-alone router.
In effect you are using the latest incarnation of the old free parental controls. Anything else needs a subscription.
What are the parents control options for Netgear C7000v2? Even with the subscription?
Or get a different cable modem/router that can do more?
Thanks.
lucliu wrote:
What are the parents control options for Netgear C7000v2? Even with the subscription?
Try asking the people who use it:
Which products support NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Other devices support Circle:
Which NETGEAR routers support Circle Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Circle also needs a subscription.
And the people who use this modem/router.
Or get a different cable modem/router that can do more?
What do you want to achieve with parental controls?