WNDR4000 router parental controls stopped working

[KatrinSmith]

Parental controls worked for years on my router, but recently I noticed that they are off, I went into the router website 192.168.1.1, and clicking Parental controls brings up a Netgear site instead of OpenDNS. I'm at loss what to do. I checked for firmware update and it says it's "current". Does anybody know what's wrong?

[michaelkenward]

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@KatrinSmith wrote:

Parental controls worked for years on my router, but recently I noticed that they are off, I went into the router website 192.168.1.1, and clicking Parental controls brings up a Netgear site instead of OpenDNS.

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The free version is dead. Has neem for a year or more.

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

What subscription plans are available for NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Suppor...

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