Why I need scheduled blocking
I know that this is unplanned and that there is something like this on a Netgear router but I don't have a Netgear router so ...
This is my setup and what it does at the moment:
OpenDNS - blocks all domains chosen (all the ones that distract my son from what he should be doing but allows him to use the internet for what he should be doing, i.e. homework, study).
Router - blocks all internet according to a schedule (but can't use the internet for homework/study - useful for making sure he goes to bed).
I achieve the 'scheduling' manually at the moment by logging in to my account and setting and unsetting what is blocked. I just wish I could have that set automatically as I can't always login at the times I need to.
Regards,
Steph1234
-
"I know that this is unplanned"
Why do you ask then nevertheless? This has been discussed to death already but stays "unplanned", as of OpenDNS. There may be other locally working appliances (hardware, software, etc.) which do what you want to achieve. Netgear routers are just one example of many. Services in the cloud are technically not able to do this in a meaningful way, else I'm sure that there would be such services. Therefore even OpenDNS Enterprise doesn't have such a feature.
-
Really? Upon what do you base your statement that Umbrella could easily do this with their roaming client? This roaming client would need to be able to flush the DNS cache for the operating system itself, as well as flush the browser cache for any and all browsers installed (meaning all browsers, IE, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Dophin and several more that I'm drawing a blank on right now) as well as all possible versions of those browsers. In addition it would need to flush all upstream DNS caches, such as on a local DNS server or the local router. Conceivably, depending on how the ISP does things it might even be necessary to somehow flush those things, though I'd hope that an ISP is not doing something that would make that necessary.
It's not at all mystifying. It's not "easy" as you claim, and OpenDNS has made clear that they do not plan to do this. If you want time based internet filtering, you'll need to do it at the local network level, such as with a router or a proxy.
Please sign in to leave a comment.
Comments
3 comments