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| Thread ID: 117829 | 2011-05-06 10:01:00 | Blocking Websites from Router/Modem | sportsboy83 (16326) | Press F1 |
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| 1199923 | 2011-05-06 10:01:00 | I have a Dynalink RTA1025W Modem - which enables Wireless Broadband... Am wanting to block certain websites - youtube for one - but I cannot figure out how to block it on the router - so all computers cannot access youtube. I found IP Filtering on the Router Settings - and entered all IP addresses I knew of youtube which was 74.125.224.170 to 175 as well as 74.125.224.160 to 169 inclusive... But that didnt work :( and its starting to drive me INSANE!!... |
sportsboy83 (16326) | ||
| 1199924 | 2011-05-06 10:06:00 | See if theres a url filtering / domain option in the router | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1199925 | 2011-05-06 10:10:00 | See if theres a url filtering / domain option in the router it doesnt - i cant find anything... google brings up sites that says my modem has URL filtering OPTIONAL....but for the life of me - i cant figure out what that means or anything... |
sportsboy83 (16326) | ||
| 1199926 | 2011-05-06 22:59:00 | update - i've managed to find more IP addresses of youtube...and managed to get it blocked on 2 computers - just got 1 more to go :) apparently each computer uses a different IP address to access youtube.. so had to go to cmd. and do a ping www.youtube.com found that 1 computer was using 74.125.237.71 and one was using 74.125.237.70 so i've blocked the 70 to 75 range and when other laptop comes back hopefully that was using one of these ranges :) otherwise will do a ping :) so think i have got it sorted! |
sportsboy83 (16326) | ||
| 1199927 | 2011-05-06 23:02:00 | hmm i spoke way too soon - just had to reboot other computer - and unfortunately youtube can now load - its found another IP address :( this is not gonna work if i have to reenter IP addresses forever... anyone got any alternatives? |
sportsboy83 (16326) | ||
| 1199928 | 2011-05-07 01:59:00 | You could modify the hosts file on each computer to redirect from youtube to google for example. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1199929 | 2011-05-07 02:21:00 | For large sites like Youtube it is difficult to use your approach. Does the modem/router you're using allow you to create DNS entries which override the records for youtube.com from your ISP's DNS server? If not, try something like http://www.opendns.com/ |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1199930 | 2011-05-07 02:33:00 | You could modify the hosts file on each computer to redirect from youtube to google for example. that was my 1st option but unfortunately its not possible - due to restricted access to those computers - so cannot do that.. Would prefer to do it on the router so i know its non-changeable without my authorisation |
sportsboy83 (16326) | ||
| 1199931 | 2011-05-07 02:45:00 | Unless its got the option in the router, you may have to buy another modem / router with the url filtering option on / in it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1199932 | 2011-05-07 07:22:00 | that was my 1st option but unfortunately its not possible - due to restricted access to those computers - so cannot do that.. Would prefer to do it on the router so i know its non-changeable without my authorisation get a new router, or try new firmware ROM on your current router |
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