Shaunobi
New Around Here
Hi all! I have a medium-sophisticated router setup that helps my kids stay "motivated" to do their schoolwork. (I'm running an AC5300 + Merlin, Diversion, SkyNet, some custom scripts I wrote, etc.) However, I need help setting up our friends with an easier solution to manage their kids' network time.
Here's what I'm after - a solution that can:
Anyhow - really interested in what people can recommend! Being our kids' homeschool teachers can be rough, but I've found a good firewall can really help! (My wife and I both work from home full time, and it's the same for our friends. I just can't keep an eye on the kids during the day.)
Here's what I'm after - a solution that can:
- Blacklist specific sites using some kind of IP Chains based solution, like Diversion, but easier
- Setup times for certain computers to be selectively blacklisted, from certain sites (this is hard - I don't know of a way to do this even with Merlin / Diversion without custom scripting.) This will be used for things like "block Roblox.com, but allow it from 3-5 PM".
- Be managed via smartphone app
- Can spit out reports easily, so you can review them and see what kids were doing, when
Anyhow - really interested in what people can recommend! Being our kids' homeschool teachers can be rough, but I've found a good firewall can really help! (My wife and I both work from home full time, and it's the same for our friends. I just can't keep an eye on the kids during the day.)