I'm having trouble figuring out how to use this new method of allowing or blocking websites found on Web Filtering > URL Filtering > Additional URLs/sites to block.
In order to test whether I had it working correctly, I decided to try to block a site I really like. According to the documentation "you have to enter the entire domain name, including e.g. www."
So here is how I tried to block the site:
1. Clicked the + to Add a new rule.
2. Named the profile, and typed in (without quotes) "www.example.com"
3. Clicked Save
4. Clicked Apply
I then went to browse to that website and lo and behold - no blocking occurred. So I thought, perhaps I'm misreading something. So I then changed the rule to list "http://www.example.com" instead of just "www.example.com" and it still refused to block.
What am I doing wrong? This used to work before they added the regex patterns and now I can't figure out why it doesn't work. Tried searching the forum but couldn't find anything so I decided to post.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan
NOTE: I'm running firmware version: 9.105-9
In order to test whether I had it working correctly, I decided to try to block a site I really like. According to the documentation "you have to enter the entire domain name, including e.g. www."
So here is how I tried to block the site:
1. Clicked the + to Add a new rule.
2. Named the profile, and typed in (without quotes) "www.example.com"
3. Clicked Save
4. Clicked Apply
I then went to browse to that website and lo and behold - no blocking occurred. So I thought, perhaps I'm misreading something. So I then changed the rule to list "http://www.example.com" instead of just "www.example.com" and it still refused to block.
What am I doing wrong? This used to work before they added the regex patterns and now I can't figure out why it doesn't work. Tried searching the forum but couldn't find anything so I decided to post.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan
NOTE: I'm running firmware version: 9.105-9