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[XYooper]

Hi, trying to set up a simple schedule for keeping the kids from staying up all night.  I'd had this working on a Linksys WRT54G till it bit the dust.  I just want it to block internet after midnight.

My problem is that the schedule is triggering the block unpredictably.

I created a schedule from 00:01 to 05:00, for all weekdays.  I then set up an Access Control rule that blocks all access for the MAC address using that schedule.  Once I save it, internet is blocked, even though the router time is not in the schedule window.

I noticed choosing only today (today is Wednesday, it was about 6pm), the block didn't go on.  I then selected just Thursday, and the block went on! 

Is the schedule using GMT?  I setup a time server connection, made sure I had the right Time Zone, but it still behaved the same.

This is a new DIR-615, Hardware A2, Firmware 1.10NA.  No updates available on the web site.  Anyone else seen this?  Any ideas?  Any help would be welcome.

Thanks,
Steve

[FurryNutz]

Is the time on the router set correctly?
Use an NTP server of time.nist.gov.

To set up scheduling:
1. Reserve device IP addresses ON the router under Setup/Networking.
2. Set up a schedule under Tools/Schedule on the routers web page. Customize your dates and times here.
3. Use Access Control under Advanced to apply the customized schedule to a policy and to the PC(s) desired to be controlled.

[XYooper]

Thanks for your prompt response.

The router was telling me the time and time zone was correct, and I had put in time.nist.gov as an NTP server.  One thing I had not done was reboot the router, forgetting my rule that 60% of all problems are solved by shutting down and restarting.

When it came back up, the date and time were in 1969! 

I changed the NTP Server to pool.ntp.org, and the time did reset correctly.  Experimenting with the schedule and access rules worked correctly as well, using it on my MAC address.  I didn't reserve an IP for the system, just entered the MAC, but I'll keep it in mind if things change.

Proof of solving it will come this weekend, I've set up a rule blocking the kids MAC address at midnight.

Thanks again,
Steve

[FurryNutz]

So using time.nist.gov didn't work after resetting the router?

Let us know how it works out with the scheduling.

[dhrivnak]

I had to set the time manually to get access control to work.  When I used the web service I was about 6 hours off.  When I set the time manually all began to work as expected.

[FurryNutz]

You could set up the NTP time server option too, this should keep the time correct.

I had to set the time manually to get access control to work.  When I used the web service I was about 6 hours off.  When I set the time manually all began to work as expected.