WiFi Blocker - Parental Controls for the Virgin Media Hub 3.0 Router Gateway.
Are your family turning into full time cyborgs? Help is at hand.
Kids (or partners) driving you crazy staying up past their bed times on their devices, playing fortnite, on social media, late for school or really tired going to school, not getting to the dinner table in time, needing some device downtime? ... This app allows you to block internet across any device connected to your router, without needing software installed other than this app on your device. Router scheduling support for automatic scheduling.
This app is a control centre for your Virgin Media Hub 3.0 router with emphasis on Parental Controls. Your router is your front door to the internet, you wouldnt let your kids wander around outside when theyre meant to be in bed sleeping, this app gives you the keys to lock the internet. Take control of your internet today.
Key Features
• Setup within a minute.
• Advanced Parental Control options
• Device status (connected/offline/blocked..; and device details)
• Organise devices into groups for easy management
• Share Wifi Credentials easy
• Toggle Guest network on/off when you have visitors, Keeping your personal business safe by giving friends and family guest internet-only access to your Wi-Fi.
• Tag devices as Always Allowed that are excluded from Parental Control restrictions.
Breakdown of Key Features:-
"Block All"
• Simple quick toggle to block add devices not tagged as Always Allowed.
"Block Devices" Key Features
• Pause the internet for any device, quickly. Ideal "Get Chores done = internet back". Toggle between blocked or scheduled/unrestricted.
"Devices" Key Features
• Detailed Device info of every device that has connected to your router, and device customisation (rename devices with friendly names, device manufacturer/MAC address, IP addresses, status, assign schedule, device display order).
• Filter between All or Active devices. Use the Active filter to know at bedtime which devices are still powered on and need powered off, saving electricity and good to get into good habits of chasing the family to power off their devices at night
"People" Key Features
• Organise your devices into groups / people for each management of devices
• Customise groups with name, picture, and assign devices & schedule
• Easy setting of Parental Control per person/group, options of Block / Schedule / Un-restrict.
"Schedule" Key Features
• Create, Edit, Disable/Enable the Weekly Schedule Grid by the hour! Block out chunks of no internet time for your family!
• Scheduling is automatically performed by your router! you dont need to manually toggle/block/unblock. Yes we found a Hub 3 router bug workaround! :)
"WiFi" Key Features
• Adding new devices to your WiFi couldnt be easier. View and share passwords easy, make your passwords super complex now! secure your WiFi more, and saving one less password to remember.
• Toggle Guest WiFi on.off. Keep your personal business safe by giving friends and family internet-only access to your Wi-Fi.
"Always Allowed" Key Features
• Tag devices that never get blocked under restrictions.
System Requirements:
• Virgin Media Hub 3.0 router
(or legacy Superhub 1, 2, 2ac - no scheduling or guest wifi toggle support yet.)
• iOS 8 and greater device running this app.
For additional help, visit our support site at http://wifi-blocker.com/support
WiFi Blocker Hub 3.0 works with your Virgin Media Hub 3.0 Wi-Fi and manages every device on your network, both wireless and wired, without ever needing to put software on them. Setup is a super simple, and customising your WiFi network for your unique family is quick and easy!
Worried your Printer is joining the Botnets online? Blocking stops any device from receiving/sending traffic to/from the internet. WiFi traffic is unaffected. Blocking your WiFi only devices stops devices from sending data out.