Stopping websites/apps on your home network

[NorahNorah]

Does anyone have experience stopping websites loading - for anyone/everyone on your home network? And is it possible for apps, too?

Yes, you can block domains on some internet routers.

For example Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra allows you to block specific domains.
Or
Synology RT6600ax allows you to block specific domains, and groups of domain "types" i..e. betting, porn, sport etc

There are many other features that may be of relevance e.g. logging, user quotas, timed access etc.

Thanks @Dbank and can it be run on your computer, with software that can dis/enable the sites, or apps and soon?
I've heard of using a second modem to do it?

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Dbank · Today 14:06

Sorry for the late response.
If you want to be able to block certain sites on your network, there are three ways that spring to mind.

A) Use a Router with filtering / parental controls built in, such as Synology, or Un-fi and many others makes. As the router controls the network it can determine what traffic it permits. This could be a good route to take if you were thinking of replacing your router anyway.

B) Via your ISP. Your ISP may have parental controls that you can configure on your account, this is usually free, but has limited functionality or may not exist at all.

C) DNS server with parental filtering.
Bit more involved and usually money, and easily by passed, unless you know about locking down networks.

You're unlikely to find a solution that runs on one computer, unless you configure the computer to manage the network, which is probably a bad idea anyway.

In any case the users can always bypass your safeguards and use mobile data.

Thanks again, @Dbank - the mobile data - any way around that at all , say a frank chat with the telecom provider?

If you have control of the mobile phone account, have a look to see if there are any parental controls that can be set, I doubt it.