Hi TP-Link Support,

For some time now, I’ve been experiencing issues with the parental controls (again).

I have two child profiles in my setup, and in these profiles I’ve configured specific times when the internet should be active. The times are set depending on the day of the week and when the kids need to get up the next day.

So, in short, the profiles are adjusted based on whether it’s a weekday or a weekend.

Friday is technically a weekday, but since the kids are off the next day, I’ve chosen to define Friday as a weekend day, and Sunday as a weekday, since they’re not off on Monday.

I’ve then set time intervals for weekdays and weekends:

• On weekdays, the internet should be enabled at 18:00 and disabled at 23:00.

• On weekends, it should be enabled at 18:00 and disabled at 02:00.
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However, after a recent update, a completely different variable suddenly became the default — namely “online time,” which must be set to 0.5, 1, 2 hours, or unlimited.

No matter what I do, I can’t get my devices to follow the schedule I’ve configured. They always use the online‑time setting instead.

I’ve tried deleting my profiles and recreating them, but the same issue remains.

How can I restore my own time schedules? I find the online‑time feature completely useless, as it doesn’t help me at all.