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Haja
Advocate

Parental controls/Time restrictions

Where is information of how to set up parental controls to the WiFi and time restrictions that I can put on??

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gavs82008
Legend 5
Legend 5

@Haja 

There is no specific times with the NOW router where you can have the Wi-Fi on or not. You need to do it manually. 

As for parental controls you want the broadband buddy.

https://help.nowtv.com/article/set-up-and-manage-broadband-buddy

FYI that I do not work for NOW, just a NOW customer trying to help
chilli2
Elite

As far as i know the Now routr does not offer any controlss with regards to device speffic access - that is where you can turn a devices wifi access on or off at certain times, or limit what certain devices can access.

 There is a thing called "broadband buddy" although it seems to be a bit of a blunt instrument that can impact and affect other legitimate services.

 Other third party routers will/may do what you need

 I use a TP link router - theres an online emulator where you can try out the user interface here:

 https://emulator.tp-link.com/VR2800V1_Emulator_2017042605/index.htm

parental controls are under the advanced tab at the top, then parental controls left menu .

 one thing to be war of, is that the link just goes to a test / demonstration site for a routers user interface and settings, it will not change the settings on your own router, even if it is of the same make/model as the emulator/demo

other models are here https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/emulator/

Haja
Advocate

A TP router aswell as the Now router?

chilli2
Elite

My Now Router lives in the box it came in, safely put away, so if i need to use it in the case of a line fault i can plug it back in.

 The TP link router completely replaces the Now router , as like the Now router it has a built in modem