Unplugging and plugging back a box: Reset?

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Good evening,  I hope you can help me and I also hope I'm in the right place. Let me explain: I finally found a way to block the Wi-Fi for my son who is permanently connected to the internet with online games, by setting time restrictions from the internet page to manage my router. So, the block takes effect every night from 00:30 to 05:00 in the morning. However, this morning when I woke up, there was no internet, nothing at all. I strongly suspect my son of having messed with the cables last night, of having unplugged them, and not reattached them properly... which he completely denies! (Naughty boy)! When I got home from work earlier, the router was moved and the internet was working normally... how strange! Anyway, I really think he has indeed tampered with the cables and I would like to know if that is the case, does the Wi-Fi block get canceled when you unplug or press buttons on the router? Looking at the internet page that manages my router, in the "Scheduled Wi-Fi" tab, it said "Disabled". Thank you in advance for helping me understand.  Have a nice end of the day.  Sincerely,  Delphine

brupala · Answer

Hi, I'm not going to repeat once again "it's better to convince than to coerce" and educating also means learning to respect constraints. Underhanded tricks behind someone's back when there's no more trust work both ways, here's another proof. The factory reset clearly means we return to default settings; that's the purpose. Have you at least changed the default admin password? Finally, 3h to 5h seems like a very short cut-off time; I would go for at least 23h-8h, even longer depending on the age, even if it's vacation time, sleep is more important. But, I guess that next to this, he has a mobile and can use mobile tethering.  -- and ... There you go!

Delphine6077 · Answer

Hello and thank you very much for this response. I think it would be a good idea to reset the box, so my approach is absolutely useless. Unless we have the box in our room or lock it up (which is not the case and won't happen anyway)! As for the admin password, indeed, I haven't changed it and I didn't think of that either. I'll check how to do it. I quickly took a look at the management interface of my box, but I haven't found it yet... I'm looking, I'm looking... Regarding the cutoff, I set it between 12:30 AM and 5 AM (not 3 AM to 5 AM because that would be way too low). To answer your last sentence, yes he has a mobile phone, but his plan only includes 100 MB, it's a limited plan and I am the one who shares the GB in chunks of 4 GB each time. Thanks again for this clarification.  Have a good day.  Delphine

jumulka · Answer

Hello, otherwise unplug the box when you go to sleep, put it in your bed and plug it back in the morning :)  As long as he knows how to reconfigure the box or the box reconfigures itself upon reset, everything you can do on the box, as long as he has access to it, will be pointless.  Either you keep the box out of reach, or you keep the computer out of reach.  If it's a laptop, you can try setting a BIOS password and a startup password, then you just need to turn off the computer at night. The only way to remove that password is to open the computer and disconnect the 3V battery. Well, after that you'll have to enter the password every time you start it, which isn't great, especially if he takes it out.  After that, it’s about education. If the child doesn’t obey, he needs to be punished and/or have things confiscated. You don't want to put a lock on your door, which I completely understand, but you can still have a locked drawer or a coded suitcase to put the box or the computer in.

Delphine6077 · Answer

Thank you very much for all this advice. My son is 16 years old and he is addicted to online games. It's really an addiction. We have already tried unplugging the box when we go to bed but it's really early (9 PM) because we also get up very early. And unplugging the box in the middle of the night is really annoying. Anyway, it's really not easy and the school holidays don't help at all. He claims that he's on vacation to go to bed at unreasonable hours and obviously getting up the next day is a whole story. Just imagine the hassle during the first lockdown... Thank you anyway. I think I'm going to go with the option of unplugging the box. Too bad, it's going to be a hassle but he should be more reasonable. Have a good day.  Delphine

Unplugging and plugging back a box: Reset?

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