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Help needed! Tech Savvy kids & wifi
I have parental controls set up on my modem. My daughter has figured out a work around. She resets the modem to default then unplugs the printer ethernet cable and plugs it into her laptop. She gets f...
From a purely technical standpoint, the solution would likely be to physically secure the modem/router.
Or you could get something similar to a Meraki, which although intended for business, is cloud managed and only works when it connects to the cloud (and it downloads the settings). If you hit reset on a Meraki, it will just get the settings that were in previously....
There may be some cloud managed devices that are similarly immune to people pressing reset.
Some parenting resources may have information about how to tackle this from another perspective, your daughter is highly unlikely to be the only child who does things like this.
Both good suggestions above. However there is only so much technology can do to address this situation. There is a behavoral factor here that is out of reach to technology.
If you can't move the router to a secure location then perhaps try to physically secure the router at the current location. Maybe something like this would work:
https://www.amazon.ca/Lockabox-Compact-Hygienic-Lockable-Medicines/dp/B01KVKMGBE/ref=sr_1_42
Drill holes for ventilation and cables. Depending on which router you have you may be able to drill holes for the antenns as well but polycarbonate is fairly transparent to WiFi so it may not be needed.
