Blocking Youtube/watch*

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Daniel Cronise

• October 13, 2020 13:15

Many Google services are interlinked with Youtube.  Blocking Youtube.com causes Classroom to misbehave. 

I'd like to block "youtube.com/watch?=*"

The Rules feature doesn't like that.  Wondering if there's a way to work it that I didn't figure out.

 

Thanks!

 

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  Firewalla

  • October 13, 2020 17:10

  see if this helps https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051145193

  This article may help to https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050255274-Can-t-Access-Certain-Site-Find-out-Why-and-What-to-Do 

   

   

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  Rolando Nispiros

  • October 22, 2020 15:41

  I'm looking for the same solution.  I didn't see anything in the articles that detailed the solution?

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  Firewalla

  • October 22, 2020 17:11

  Engineers are building a youtube block now, hopefully, they can have something soon.  

  What we know that works (sort of) is to block using DNS Block (rather than default) of youtube.com and googlevideo.com 

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  Rolando Nispiros

  • October 22, 2020 17:24

  Thank you, looking forward to the update.

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  Daniel Cronise

  • October 22, 2020 17:35

  Me, too!

  I realize it's a tough problem; Google's services are so very intertwined.

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  Chris Dillard

  • October 24, 2020 04:15

  Running the gold in router mode and also had issues with other google services being blocked/broken when attempting to block youtube. I went ahead and switched it to simple dns block mode for youtube.com and googlevideo.com and this is working effectively against a 10 year old so far.

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  Daniel Cronise

  • October 28, 2020 14:30

  A little update:

  I haven't been able to simultaneously a) block Youtube and b) allow all the Classroom content that these kids use.  However, I've been having good luck with Firewalla's Alarms. (Sometimes there's a bit of delay, or some devices don't seem to trigger occasionally, but it's been good!)

  When I see an alarm go off, I'll check on the kids.  Not exactly what I was looking for, but maybe for the better.  With Alarms, I'm able to gently intervene when they lose focus.  

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  Chris Dillard

  • October 28, 2020 16:27

  Did you try simply going with a dns block for youtube.com and googlevideo.com? Its working well for me while still allowing my son to access all his school stuff that has dependencies on intertwined google infra.

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  Daniel Cronise

  • October 28, 2020 18:13

  Yes, I've tried a few permutations of DNS ("Domain-only" in the interface) block.  Teacher-posted videos were being caught in the net, unfortunately. 

  Glad that it's working for you!  I might give it another shot at some point.  Right now, the alerts are nice because the kids don't know about them, so they don't get angry.  And, I get to redirect them towards a non-screen distraction when their attention wanes.

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