We often find how to block or allow internet access at a certain time in our LAN network specially in WiFi network. Time based internet access is so useful for controlling Kids internet in any family or managing stuff internet accessibility in any office or other network.
MikroTik RouterOS offers a feature named Kid Control to block internet access at a certain time. This feature is so useful for the parents or network engineers who want to block internet access based on time for his LAN devices.
Kid Control Configuration in MikroTik RouterOS 7
Kid Control is a parental control feature to limit internet access for LAN devices. To apply Kid Control, we first need to create Kid Profile defining time range of internet access of each day of a week. Besides defining internet access time range, it is also possible to define the bandwidth or data rate of that Kid Profile.
The following steps will show how to create Kid Profile in MikroTik RouterOS 7.
- From Winbox, go to IP > Kid Control menu item. Kid Control window will appear.
- Click on Kids tab and then click on PLUS SIGN (+). New Kid window will appear.
- Put the Kid Profile name (such as: Bob Profile) in Name input field.
- Now put the time range for each day of the week when the Kid or the desired person will be allowed to get internet access.
- We can assign bandwidth for the profile in Rate Limit input field.
- It is also possible to assign unlimited bandwidth for the profile at any day of a week in Unlimited Rate input field. If we assign unlimited bandwidth time here, the Rate Limit value will be overridden.
- Click Apply and OK button.
Creating Kid Control Profile
A Kid Control profile has been created. Similarly, we can create multiple profiles if we want. After creating Kid Profile, we need to assign this profile to any device where the limitation will be applied. The following steps will show how to assign Kid Profile to any device.
- From Kid Control window, click on Devices tab. Available devices will be shown here. We can copy the MAC address of the desired device from here.
- Click on PLUS SIGN (+). New Kid Control Device window will appear.
- Put the name of the device (such as: Bob Device) in Name input field.
- Put the MAC Address (such as: 6C:2F:8A:AD:BB:05) of the desired device in MAC Address input field.
- Click Apply and OK button.
Assigning Kid Control Profile to Device
Kid Control profile will now be applied to the device. Firewall Filter rules and Queue will also be created dynamically to control the authorization of the device.
We have created a single device here. Similarly, we can create as many devices as we want following the above steps.
If you face any confusion to follow the above steps, watch the following video which will show how to configure Kid Control to manage block/allow internet access at a certain time in MikroTik RouterOS.
How to block internet access at a certain time using Kid Control feature in MikroTik RouterOS has been discussed here. I hope you will now be able to control time-based internet access following above steps.
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