Blocking Youtube also blocks Maps, using old D-Link router

[Juiceman77]

I'm trying to block Youtube using the parental controls on my DI-624 router.


But when I do this, it also blocks Google maps... Any ideas why?


I've tried blocking "youtube.com" and "www.youtube.com" and using the Domain Blocker but the same problems come up.

 

[TheDreams]

Why would you want to block YouTube? I mean come on there is not much inappropriate content on there. Why not just use your built-in parental controls in windows, Why use a separate program?

 

[DelJo63]

Hmm; try adding www.youtube.com to the hosts file

(need admin access)

​

get CMD

cd \Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc​

attrib -r hosts​

notepad​

>> insert www.youtube.com after 127.0.0.1 localhost like this​

127.0.0.1 localhost​

127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com​

save the file​

attrib +r hosts​

ifconfig /flushdns​

net stop "dns client"​

net start "dns client"​

The browser will now reject all www.youtube.com/* requests

 

[Juiceman77]

To TheDreams, it's not inappropriate, just too much of a distraction. And the built in parental controls only works on one computer, I want to block it off on any device using wifi.

To jobeard, your instructions worked, youtube is blocked and maps isn't on this computer. But I was hoping to solve it through my router so it worked on any device using wifi. Thank you anyways.

I suppose this is just a glitch from the router.