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th3sp3ck
Guide
Dec 15, 2020
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Help Blocking YouTube on Orbi RBR50

My kid's YouTube watching has gotten out of hand during distance learning school hours and I can't for the life of me figure out how to block YouTube at the router level.  It seems like what I've don...
  • DeanB1452's avatar
    DeanB1452
    Dec 18, 2020

    With the Circle app, you can block specific websites for your kids' profiles too.  Go to your child's profile, block YouTube, then select Custome Filter where you can add websites.  Make sure you save the settings to the profile before exiting out.  You can also select History and block sites visited from there too.

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th3sp3ck
Guide
Dec 18, 2020

Thank you for answering this for me, and yes a totally worthless feature from Orbi?!! It was driving me crazy.

 

I tried the integrated Circle parental control - also rather worthless - seems to let me block the YouTube App but not the website. 

 

I started looking into OpenDNS but havent figured that out yet.  I'll look into the Pi-Hole as well. 

 

Thanks again!

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DeanB1452
Apprentice
Dec 18, 2020

With the Circle app, you can block specific websites for your kids' profiles too.  Go to your child's profile, block YouTube, then select Custome Filter where you can add websites.  Make sure you save the settings to the profile before exiting out.  You can also select History and block sites visited from there too.

  • th3sp3ck's avatar
    th3sp3ck
    Guide
    Dec 19, 2020

    It worked! Thanks for the directions on how to get Circle to work. 

     

    A few questions:

    • Which version of Ciricle and the Circle App do you recommend?
    • Using the method you described,  can this be part of a "schedule"?
    • What or where is the best place to learn how to use Circle?