topic Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled in Everything else

Safeguard won't stay enabled

phish386 — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:34:53 GMT

I am enabling Safeguard to my Fibre Broadband, and adding a website to block. The status icon on the Safeguard activation page changes Green to indicate changes saved and Safeguard is active. However when I return to Safeguard status is back to grey Off position. I have tried multiple times to switch on, but every time I return to safeguard page it is switched off again.

I am using BT Home Hub 6 router, everything else is standard. I checked DNS, it is using the correct primary DNS for safeguard. I waited overnight and no change.

Any advice?

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

dvorak — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:47:51 GMT

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This topic has been moved from Fibre to Everything Else

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

holmesgirl — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 13:06:00 GMT

I am also experiencing the same thing.

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

JohnP79 — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:46:00 GMT

I am having the exact same issue with the exact same router! Did you manage to get it fixed in the end?

Failing that - is anyone from PlusNet reading this and can help?

Thanks,

John

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

JohnP79 — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:18:29 GMT

I contacted PlusNet's helpline about this problem, and I was advised to try keeping my router switched off for an hour and a quarter after activating SafeGuard on the portal. I didn't expect it to work... and it didn't.

Another thing I tried: with my router switched off, I logged onto the portal from my smartphone using mobile data, and activated SafeGuard. On revisiting the page, again using my smartphone, I saw once again that SafeGuard had automatically and immediately been switched off again (without my router ever having been connected in order to have an effect).

PlusNet - please help!

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

JohnP79 — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:54:51 GMT

I've just phoned the helpline again, and this time I was advised that Safeguard has not been working properly for a long time, and PlusNet knows about it.

I was advised to try netnanny.com instead and they told me it was free. It turns out it's chargeable, and device-based rather than filtering the whole network - so not really what I was looking for

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

phish386 — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:09:07 GMT

Tx for the update. I gave up in the end and blocked certain websites at router level and then use a VPN to get around if I want access.

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

uraken007 — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:39:49 GMT

What a nonsense! sort it out Plusnet, we buy into you because you offer additional value added services and yet something as serious as safe guard doesn't work, people have children they want to to protect and yet they cannot because this doesn't work as advertised, i'll be moving very swiftly if this is not rectified ASAP!

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

Kelly — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:28:05 GMT

Hey all,

I'll take a look at this for all of you. Can PM me over your usernames?

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

hawmead — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 06:47:01 GMT

Thanks Kelly, done...

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

JohnP79 — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 21:17:53 GMT

@Kelly wrote:

Hey all,

I'll take a look at this for all of you. Can PM me over your usernames?

Hi Kelly - any joy?

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

Forumitus — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:32:42 GMT

When I spoke to them just now they sent these instructions - which don't make any sense!

Locate down the "Left" side - Under "Manage Account" - "Plusnet SafeGuard"

Click Here and follow the on-screen instructions to download the file.

Please Take note of the Serial Key provided - you'll need this for later on.

Open the downloaded file and select "Allow to make changes to device"

Await the installation to complete.

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

hawmead — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:43:06 GMT

I’m with you on this one, makes no sense whatsoever. I logged in and found ‘manage your account’ ok, but no sign of any reference to safeguard within it! And even so, why do you have to install something on the pc? Surely this is under the control of the Plusnet servers? Besides which, I’m predominantly an iPad user 😉

come on Plusnet, give us a clue, what’s going on with safeguard? This has been going on for way too long now!!

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

MisterW — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:01:11 GMT

Whoever you spoke to is confusing Safeguard with Plusnet Protect https://www.plus.net/broadband/extras/online-security/

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

Kelly — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:43:04 GMT

Hey all.

We think we know why this is happening and are working on a fix at the minute. Will update here once we know more!

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

hawmead — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:09:54 GMT

Thanks Kelly

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

Forumitus — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:09:50 GMT

Hi Phish386

Can you explain how you did that?

Is it via the administrator/Hub Manager area?

I have a Plusnet router...

TIA

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

Simers1983 — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 07:56:35 GMT

Same here, over 6+ weeks I've been phoning in 3 times now as im getting no calls back regarding getting this working. My 9 year old son has just found porn on the internet by accident and we've been trying so hard to get this safeguard activated. We now have to hide all devices before bed time.

Come on Plusnet! This is shocking!!!!

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

Kelly — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:27:51 GMT

@hawmead It looks like it's active for you now? Can you confirm all is ok?

Re: Safeguard won't stay enabled

Kelly — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:29:40 GMT

@Simers1983 Hi, what's happening for you? Are you getting any error messages or anything when you try and turn safeguard on?