Blocking websites help

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
K

kx250_man

Reputable
May 23, 2015
94
0
4,640
I have a netgear router and every time I use there thing on there to block websites it says it blocks them but it don't block them. I even restarted my router to see if that's helps I still didn't block it. Plzz help me
 
Solution
B
To really effectively block you must key in a list of ip used by the site. Most routers will not let you put in DNS names. There are some that try to filter URL but do this by trying to inspect the HTTP data as it passes though the router. Since most sites are moving to HTTPS you can not see the URL any more and can only block the main site with a IP filter.

It tends to be a little tricky to get these set up because you must be very careful when you are thinking about source and destination address. You many times want to leave the source address blank and only put in a destination address.
Sort by date Sort by votes
I

imthebigchief

Honorable
Nov 26, 2014
61
0
10,660
What are you trying to block? Are you hoping that the router is smart enough to block certain types of sites with a filter (family filter or porn filter or similar), or are you trying to block specific sites that you know and that you specifically enter into the router? Why are you trying to block the sites and from whom are you trying to prevent them from loading? If it is for Windows based computers, it could be done via the Hosts file - just set the particular sites to resolve to localhost 127.0.0.1
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bill001g

Titan
Aug 9, 2012
28,283
2,743
125,640
To really effectively block you must key in a list of ip used by the site. Most routers will not let you put in DNS names. There are some that try to filter URL but do this by trying to inspect the HTTP data as it passes though the router. Since most sites are moving to HTTPS you can not see the URL any more and can only block the main site with a IP filter.

It tends to be a little tricky to get these set up because you must be very careful when you are thinking about source and destination address. You many times want to leave the source address blank and only put in a destination address.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom