One suggestion though: rather than doing this all on a single LAN network and having to deal with adding exceptions for devices that still need access to the Internet during 'bedtime' periods, I suggest creating a separate VLAN for devices that need 'bedtime' enforcement and put those devices there, while leaving your 'always online' devices in your main VLAN where access to the Internet is always available. This way all you have to do is simply change your firewall rules for that VLAN to enforce bedtime, which removes the extra rules needed for exceptions.
giobox 10 minutes ago [-]
This is also the approach I would have used - I was surprised the author didn't end up here. I used a separate VLAN to achieve same thing as author to shutdown internet access on the VLAN my kids devices use at bedtime, as well as another VLAN with no internet access at all for IoT devices, security cameras etc.
deanputney 57 minutes ago [-]
Love your watercolors! What a fun addition to a technical article :)
panavinsingh 39 minutes ago [-]
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One suggestion though: rather than doing this all on a single LAN network and having to deal with adding exceptions for devices that still need access to the Internet during 'bedtime' periods, I suggest creating a separate VLAN for devices that need 'bedtime' enforcement and put those devices there, while leaving your 'always online' devices in your main VLAN where access to the Internet is always available. This way all you have to do is simply change your firewall rules for that VLAN to enforce bedtime, which removes the extra rules needed for exceptions.