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Hub 5 timer

Markyboy1969
Joining in

Is it possible to set a time for internet to come on/off for kids?

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goslow
Alessandro Volta

The features that were built in to the hub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgC5WJc2To

may not work reliably any more with some modern devices and can easily be bypassed by tech savvy kids. Don't know if the Hub 5 has equivalent features.

Depending on the age of your kids, and the devices they are using, you might be better limiting access on the device itself.

Teenagers will inevitably find a way of bypassing whatever measures you implement to a greater or lesser extent.

jpeg1
Alessandro Volta

Google "how to bypass parental controls", or any similar phrase. 

or see the video instructions on YouTube. 

- jpeg1
My name is NOT Alessandro. That's just a tag Virginmedia sticks on some contributors. Please ignore it.

legacy1
Alessandro Volta

Use yourself to control your kids

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Client62
Alessandro Volta

For absolute certainty with kids, this could be the only viable option ...

 

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Tudor
Very Insightful Person
Very Insightful Person

No. Only viable option is to remove the child’s device and lock it in a Faraday cage.


Tudor
There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't and F people out of 10 who do not understand hexadecimal c1a2a285948293859940d9a49385a2

The child or the device? 

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Yes 🙂.

Tudor
Very Insightful Person
Very Insightful Person

Both!


Tudor
There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't and F people out of 10 who do not understand hexadecimal c1a2a285948293859940d9a49385a2

vmrunreliable
Superfast

I assume you have a virgin media connection. Please be patient and that feature will show up soon enough. You won't be able to choose the devices that cannot connect, or indeed the times, but given a chance you will soon have a connection that prevents Internet access for indeterminate periods on random devices.

The only problem is, once enabled it can never be disabled.