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Firmware 2.2.1.210 released as of 10/3/18
New firmware is available via the GUI ....
Let's hope for success.
Circle issue still persists in this firmware where sites should be blocked but are not.
I have verified at https://www.brightcloud.com/tools/url-ip-lookup.php (API service that MyCircle uses for it's filtering/content) that the website in question is categorized correctly, and should align with the category one is trying to block via MyCircle. This is not the case and has allowed numerous sites through when it shouldn’t have with whichever category one chooses for blocking.
I have verified at https://www.brightcloud.com/tools/url-ip-lookup.php (API service that MyCircle uses for it's filtering/content) that the website in question is categorized correctly, and should align with the category one is trying to block via MyCircle. This is not the case and has allowed numerous sites through when it shouldn’t have with whichever category one chooses for blocking.
As far as Circle, when I tried to use it, I found out that it doesn't work at all blocking almost anything if IPV6 is enabled. Either does my Fingbox hardware solution. I had to disable IPV6 on the Orbi Router to get any parental control. If I do enable IPV6, I have to rely on Microsoft Family to block access, and that only works on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android phones with the launcher app installed. Oh, Opendns filtering seems to work pretty well with IPV6 once you configure it, if you don't configure it for IPV6 filtering, it is a sieve just like Fingbox and Circle.
It would be cool if parental controls of almost any type could work with IPV6 on, since IPV6 is the future, but for now, I have to have it disabled to have some control over the home network.
Hello I decicded to reboot my system today to test something. Well like upon reboot the sattelites will reconnect blue at first and then go Magennta for a minute before going back to blue and it has been happening since this update. Since I had factory reseted it prior before and it happened then too I now knw for a fact that this update is a bit wacky.
