AX6000 Parental Controls - horribly insufficient

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AX6000 Parental Controls - horribly insufficient
AX6000 Parental Controls - horribly insufficient
2020-10-23 21:16:53
Model: Archer AX6000  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.0.7 20200212

The most annoying thing concerning this router is the incredibly limited firewall capabilities is offers.  I'm hoping it's just that I haven't found the proper way to do things because as it stands now this is something that makes me regret buying this unit, along with some frustration that it wasn't mentioned by anyone reviewing it in advance.

 

Currently the only way I see to limit access or log access to a specific site is to go through Advanced->Parental Controls->Profiles.  Once a profile is created and devices associated to it, one can set the filter level (child, pre-teen, teen, adult) as well as time controls.  The issues that I see are:

1 - The catagories don't work.  For example, it's been hell trying to keep a child scheduled for virtual class from accessing game sites instead of attending zoom classes.  There's no logging of what each catagory is supposed (In this case "Games")  to block but whatever it is, it's not working.

2 - Although individual sites show up under the Insights tab, you can block a max of 32 of them.  It's like playing Whack-A-Mole and running out of blocking slots to do so.

3 - You can't specify a range to block, there's no wildcard functionality here which would really help with the max 32 items above.

4 - There's no logging, other than some very limited scroll through the Insights tab, which isn't even selectable to cut-n-paste.

 

Please tell me there's a better way to use your product than this because it really is a show stopper.

 

Thanks

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