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funchords
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MVM
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Yarmouth Port, MA

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Re: dir-655 - anyways to have it turn off at certain time?

You can put your devices on a $10 timer and turn them off and on on your own schedule. However, dropping power at a bad time (during a non-volatile memory write when saving a configuration change, for example) could shorten or even end the life of your devices.

You can otherwise create access control rules that will block on a schedule, which effectively will accomplish what you want.

Before you take that route, consider that IP connectivity has mostly become a 24/7/365 expectation and more and more applications and features are being written with that idea in mind. There is no added security or power economy in disconnecting at night, and doing so might even keep certain things from working correctly.

The trend to always-on is why VOIP phones developed, this is why your operating system saves certain download tasks until late at night, the Internet is replacing television and radio -- even for news and information about community emergencies (we're having a Snowpocalypse here in Portland right now, so the Internet is the only way to get OTHER news -- the TV/Radio are practically wall-to-wall snow coverage!).

If none of those uses apply to your situation, then you certainly can create an Access Control policy that is enforced on a schedule that will block Internet traffic.
boxgrover
join:2004-01-17
Canada

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said by funchords See Profile
You can otherwise create access control rules that will block on a schedule, which effectively will accomplish what you want.

If none of those uses apply to your situation, then you certainly can create an Access Control policy that is enforced on a schedule that will block Internet traffic.
Would "Access Control" allow one to restrict access in a certain time interval for a game system such as the PS3? That would be useful in our situation. Is it easy to set this up?

funchords
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funchords

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said by boxgrover:

Would "Access Control" allow one to restrict access in a certain time interval for a game system such as the PS3? That would be useful in our situation. Is it easy to set this up?
I think so -- although I haven't done it by schedule. Setting Access Contol up is a step-by-step process, like a "Wizard" where you do a step, click "Next", and the next step is explained. Once you create a policy, it does nothing until you activate it, and if it really goes poorly, you can use the recessed reset button in the back -- so don't be afraid of breaking anything.