Restrictions - Hardly Working
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:08 pm
Hi Guys
I have been using Gargoyle for quite some time and am using the latest ispy build on an Linksys WRT1900AC v1.
I have found that the restrictions system in Gargoyle seems to be problematic at best.
Its great for total blocking of an ip range at certain times but anything more complex than that and it either does not block anything or it blocks too much.
More of a critical issue is it is very easy to enter settings into this area that will cause the router to freeze and cause an endless cycle of error-freeze-reboot.
Let me give a simple example.
Today I wanted to give a certain ip range ONLY access to port 80. That should be a simple thing to achieve but I was unable to do so. Configs I tried included:
- Setting a restriction to block all except remote port 80 - didnt work
- Setting a restriction to block all and a whitelist entry to allow only port 80 - didnt work.
Another two examples I wanted to try was to block http(video) protocol and even to block a domain containing the word "youtube"
I couldnt get any of these to work.
Anyone have any ideas?
I have been using Gargoyle for quite some time and am using the latest ispy build on an Linksys WRT1900AC v1.
I have found that the restrictions system in Gargoyle seems to be problematic at best.
Its great for total blocking of an ip range at certain times but anything more complex than that and it either does not block anything or it blocks too much.
More of a critical issue is it is very easy to enter settings into this area that will cause the router to freeze and cause an endless cycle of error-freeze-reboot.
Let me give a simple example.
Today I wanted to give a certain ip range ONLY access to port 80. That should be a simple thing to achieve but I was unable to do so. Configs I tried included:
- Setting a restriction to block all except remote port 80 - didnt work
- Setting a restriction to block all and a whitelist entry to allow only port 80 - didnt work.
Another two examples I wanted to try was to block http(video) protocol and even to block a domain containing the word "youtube"
I couldnt get any of these to work.
Anyone have any ideas?