# Block internet access at certain times

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-internet-access-at-certain-times/12036>\
**Category:** Duplicate\
**Created:** [August 18, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-internet-access-at-certain-times/12036 "2018-08-18T10:32:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![yubiuser](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/yubiuser/32/12100_2.png) [@yubiuser](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/yubiuser)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-internet-access-at-certain-times/12036/16 "2020-06-30T13:45:59Z")

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Closing this as duplicate in favor of

> [@Timed DNS queries, block DNS based on time](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/timed-dns-queries-block-dns-based-on-time/3495):
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> Hi pi-hole Firstly aplogies if I'm not doing this correctly Title timed DNS queries Block DNS based on time We have broadband which is limited during the day, and unlimited at night We currently block apple update servers all the time Would be helpful to have a special list call it a grey or yellow list Which would block always except for certain times I would propose having a general time setting and allowing domains to be turned on /off on the fly I am a developer so would be happy to…

This older FR requested time based blocking already. Defining clients based on MAC is already worked on:

> [@Feedback for "Allow defining clients by their MAC address, host name and networking interface"](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/feedback-for-allow-defining-clients-by-their-mac-address-host-name-and-networking-interface/32324):
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> Started this topic to provide feedback to the new feature allowing clients to be defined by MAC address. I switched to the branches (core still master) by pihole checkout ftl new/mac\_clients pihole checkout web new/mac\_clients And flushed network table afterwards. Important First thing I noticed in Group management/Clients Known Clients now only contain clients with known MAC, no IPs are listed anymore (I have devices on other Vlans so IP would still be handy). [Bildschirmfoto zu 2020-05…

With the Group Management introduced in v5.0 you can already easily define a group with your kids IP and block access to any domain (via wildcard blacklist).

Votes are released. If you still support the idea, please vote over there.

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