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Pausing Not Working
Hello. I am on a Spectrum Wave 2 router and the Fing is not pausing/blocking my connected devices. When trying to pause the Fing, the app messages that I need to disable IPv6. I called Spectrum and they said that this is not an option on my router bc that is the default. Any advice here?
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So was there a Fing update ? For some reason, when I try to manually pause a device, the pause button does light up red for less than one second but then returns to being unpaused. Also, please see the image I’ve attached. The item shows that the device is paused until 12/31/1969!
how do I fix this?
I hope I’ve put this in the correct category. Thank you for your reply. I appreciate it. Anyone else have the same issue? Any solutions?
Anyone else here not able to manually pause a device ?
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Thanks. iOS. What are the next steps?
We are trying to fix the UI bug for the above mentioned issue. We have opened beta testing for this and if users want to be a part of beta testing, please refer to this article. Thanks again
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How will I know when it’s been fixed?
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As of now, the pause feature has not been changed as it works on the same principle such as ARP spoofing etc. There are some issues with Apple devices and some gaming consoles that pause feature does not work and these limitations are from manufacturer side as they don't allow ARP spoofing to work.
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The way the Fingbox works is through ARP poisoning and DNS Spoofing. So what is happening is that when you block a single device, the computer DHCP address and DNS entries gets changed and pointed to the Fingbox. So this device is blocked from getting to the internet or internal resources.
For more information on ARP poisoning and DNS Spoofing see the following links:
Blocking is done by DNS/Blocking Spoofing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_blocking
The Fingbox/App work to pause things by a process called ARP poisoning/Blocking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_spoofing
Things that need to be done to make sure that it is going to work are as follows:
1. Enable UPnP on your router
2. Disable IPv6 on your router (This is required to make sure that Internet Pause and Blocking works)
3. Best Practice - Reserve the IP address of the Fingbox
4. Create the following TCP rules and point them to the IP address of the Fingbox
80 (Internet Speed Test)
443 (Fing Service and Software Updates)
3001, 3002, 3003 (Internet Speed Test)
4443 (Fing Service)
5671 (Fing Diagnostics)
For detail information, check this link and FAQs: https://help.fing.com/knowledge-base/internet-pause/
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Hi! I'm a new and frustrated fingbox user and I'm hoping someone can help me. I set up my devices and schedules and all that. Through a small miracle, I was able to disable ipv6. But still when the fing app shows devices as red/paused by schedule, those same devices are accessing internet as normal.
A laptop I have is correctly blocked. A Chromebook and a Kindle fire tablet are going full speed.
When I read this post and read all the things I'm supposed to check, without instructions on how, I have to admit I'm feeling overwhelmed.
Can anyone give me some step by step instructions? Thank you!
From: Non-techy mom
Is the block/pause not working for only these tow devices or all devices? I would like to tell you that Chromebook is not supported for Fing App.
Unfortunately, Chromebooks create a Virtual Network that isolates the device from exploring the real network. That is why when you block a chromebook then it is not blocked as Fing app cant read if it is on same network. At this time, there is no fix for that.
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