Yep you are right. But they take care of my twins, so they have their hands full already. And its not going to be permanent.
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NeonNinja
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WhatsApp bundles go for like R30 a month BTW.
Get yourself a Disney Circle, then you create a groups for everyone Dad, Mom, Kids, In-Laws and Domestic etc and you can block or allow apps as you want Whatsapp is one of them apps you can control. You can also say how much internet time that group is allowed in the day, and also allow certain apps all the time.
Nice to have when your kids are older, if they grow up with it in place then its normal to only have x amount of time per day.
Nice to have when your kids are older, if they grow up with it in place then its normal to only have x amount of time per day.
supersunbird
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This is not a data issue.
DarthCat
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What's the issue then?
They're apparently annoying him... even if they are good enough to care for his kids.
Dairyfarmer
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Put them on the guest network and throttle it to a trickle.
Step 1:
Use a spare modern or WiFi access point.
On this device, create an SSID with the same name and password as your current setup.
DON'T connect this device to the internet. It ain't connected to nothing!
Step 2:
On your main router, change the SSID and password to some secret stuff.
Connect all your and your family's phones, tablets, etc to the new SSID
All done. Now you and the family can continue happily. The outlaws and the Dom will connect to the dummy WiFi, as they already have the SSID and password programmed in. When they complain of no internet access, scratch around a bit, then say you can't find any fault. If they get narfy, scratch some more and "accidently" factory-reset their phone. No more problems...
Use a spare modern or WiFi access point.
On this device, create an SSID with the same name and password as your current setup.
DON'T connect this device to the internet. It ain't connected to nothing!
Step 2:
On your main router, change the SSID and password to some secret stuff.
Connect all your and your family's phones, tablets, etc to the new SSID
All done. Now you and the family can continue happily. The outlaws and the Dom will connect to the dummy WiFi, as they already have the SSID and password programmed in. When they complain of no internet access, scratch around a bit, then say you can't find any fault. If they get narfy, scratch some more and "accidently" factory-reset their phone. No more problems...
DA-LION-619
Honorary Master
You didn’t seriously think Wi-Fi would have such a security flaw right? The dummy network will ask for the password again.
DA-LION-619
Honorary Master
OP wants an easy way to perform an act of god that only affects WhatsApp.
So? They obviously know the password. They can just keep it in...
DA-LION-619
Honorary Master
Then the easier solution is to blacklist their MAC address but that doesn’t solve the problem or look like an ‘act of god’.
So not “Hey how come you have internet but not me”
to rather “Something is wrong with WhatsApp but everything else is fine”
Messugga
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Especially considering that they are good enough to take care of his kid(s).
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Install a 2nd wifi router with same name as your current router SSID and same password, throttle the pooh out of it for anyone joining it, including domestic and out laws
Now rename your existing lekker router and password and hide the SSID and boom, you have full access for yourself and kid
Now rename your existing lekker router and password and hide the SSID and boom, you have full access for yourself and kid
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Disabling WhatsApp will inevitably affect Facebook's other apps when they finish consolidation of their infrastructure this year.
If there's a specific issue with access to social media, have a discussion with your domestic worker and your in-laws.
If you still want a technical solution, this guide gives you the steps to do it properly:
www.tp-link.com
To work around the block, set your devices to a static IP outside of the blocked IP range that you set up in the access control menu.
Edit: Keep in mind the following warning at the bottom of the guide:
Setting the policy to Allow won't break internet access entirely.
If there's a specific issue with access to social media, have a discussion with your domestic worker and your in-laws.
If you still want a technical solution, this guide gives you the steps to do it properly:
How to set up access control for website blocking on TP-Link Wireless Router (older green UI)
How to set up access control for website blocking on TP-Link Wireless Router (older green UI)
www.tp-link.com
To work around the block, set your devices to a static IP outside of the blocked IP range that you set up in the access control menu.
Edit: Keep in mind the following warning at the bottom of the guide:
Setting the policy to Allow won't break internet access entirely.
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SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
Nope.
Regular WiFi is quite brain dead. It doesn’t care for anything more than a given SSID matching a PSK and then just soldiers on.
That’s exactly why MitM attacks work.
dualmeister
Honorary Master
Installed Microsoft Teams on my daughters tablet for school yesterday. Could not figure out why it would not connect. Then I remembered the Instant Message setting (that I had blocked) on the router. So it works
pinball wizard
Honorary Master
Sounds about right. The OP comes across as a bit of an Ahole.