C7000V2 Parental Controls Options

[mugfors]

I was wondering why there are no options for parental controls in the Nighthawk app. I had a Netgear router that had Circle and I found it helpful for keeping my kids off the internet when I needed it. Is it NOT an option with this unit??

[plemans · Accepted solution]

Might be able to set up a pihole on it and do some site blacklisting. theres quite a few ready-made for parental controls/site blocking. 

I've done that before. 

when the little monsters get older, they'll figure out ways around it but works fine for younger ages. 🙂 

[plemans]

the C7000 modem/router combo unit has never had that capability. Maybe its something to do with it being a combo device. Not sure why they never supported it. 

[microchip8]

If you can modify the DNS servers on the C7000, you can use NextDNS' parental controls.

https://nextdns.io/

[mugfors]

Yeah, I dropped the ball when I bought this, I didn’t realize it was a combo unit, sometimes reading is hard……. :^(

[plemans · Accepted solution]

Might be able to set up a pihole on it and do some site blacklisting. theres quite a few ready-made for parental controls/site blocking. 

I've done that before. 

when the little monsters get older, they'll figure out ways around it but works fine for younger ages. 🙂