{"id":3943,"date":"2021-11-29T17:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgearhead.com\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:47:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:47:15","slug":"how-to-block-fortnite-on-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgearhead.com\/how-to-block-fortnite-on-router\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Block Fortnite On Router"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fortnite is gaining massive popularity<\/a><\/strong> day by day; it has become a part of our lives, especially for kids. There is no doubt that it is one of the best games both kids and adults can play to spend their time for entertainment.<\/p>\n They can have a quick chat<\/a> with people all over the globe and can add PS4 friends<\/strong><\/a> to Fortnite. But the main problem is the extra intrusion of this game into the lives of kids.<\/p>\n The worst part?<\/strong><\/p>\n Fortnite<\/strong> is wasting their time and studying, making children aggressive in some cases and resulting in loss of parental control over children<\/strong>. That’s why you need to know how to block Fortnite on the router. <\/strong><\/p>\n In this guide, we will tell you a step-by-step<\/strong> process on how you can quickly and easily block Fortnite on your router for your children so that they can have quality time with you.<\/p>\n So let’s get started;<\/p>\n By following all these steps you can easily manage to keep your kids away from Fortnite<\/strong>, even on a router<\/strong> level if you have information about your network IP address<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n Complete blockage of Fortnite on the router is not so easy; usually, you have to block access to the entire access console. However, you have the authority to give access to your children at specific times a day. You can also force stop<\/a> Fortnite.<\/p>\n This means the user can’t play any games on that console during those times, and they might get pretty annoyed if it’s just because of one game!<\/p>\n So unless your child plays other online multiplayer games like Call Of Duty, Halo 5: Guardians, and Destiny 2 excessively<\/strong>, I wouldn’t recommend you go ahead, but it’s always worth it for kids’ health and safety.<\/p>\n Plus, there are parental controls built into these consoles that we should use; we will discuss details here.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image Credit: Epic games<\/p>\n If you have various games consoles, it’s probably easier to do at the router level by blocking access to a particular IP address<\/strong> or range of addresses altogether using a firewall rule on your router.<\/p>\n This will work across all devices connected to your network and is pretty simple to set up as long as you know how to find out which games consoles in question use IP ranges!<\/p>\n The following tutorial shows you how you can block Fortnite for PlayStation 4<\/strong> (PS4) as an example. If you want to see if others are blocked as well, run the command from inside the console; otherwise, skip over that part:<\/p>\n This is particularly useful if you need to make sure they cannot access anything while playing their games console and when they are playing other things on the network!<\/p>\n For those unfamiliar with router configuration<\/strong>, as long as you know how to find your routers IP address (it should be written on the bottom of it)<\/strong> and also what type of internet connection is used in your home (which is usually ADSL\/ADSL2+ or VDSL<\/strong> depending on which is available.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image Credit: weak Wi-Fi solution<\/p>\nSolution 1: Block Fortnite Router [For Single-Game Console]<\/h2>\n
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Solution 2: Block Fortnite On Router [For Multiple Game Consoles]<\/h2>\n
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Router Configuration<\/h3>\n
Solution 3: Block Fortnite On Microsoft Account<\/h2>\n