SandFarmer: You had written:
"NEVER MIND!!" I was testing a new router and I guess it wouldn't let the GA access the "Mothership" so the search reverted to the old one. When I changed back to my normal router, GA was able to once again reach the Mothership and it's back. I knew it was too good to be true!
So if one can find the port(s) that GA uses and block them . . . You can kill GA and get the old Search back . . ."
I myself had joined this message thread back on August 23rd. I still come back to peruse the message boards, and then I saw that this thread was resurrected recently. I myself am not a fan of the Google Assistant Voice, either.
So......can you give me a little more detail on what you mean? I'm pretty good with computer tech, so, if I access my router by logging into it.....how do I do what you are describing? That part you mentioned about "...if one can find the port(s) that GA uses and block them . . . You can kill GA and get the old Search back".
I know not all routers are exactly the same, but what should I look for? Can you give me a general navigation of a router and what to look for? Tell me what it looks like on your router, then I'll look for something similar on mine.
It'd be so cool if I could - like you put it - "kill GA and get the old Search back".
I look forward to your answer.
Pez
First, I Love Pez. OK, that's out of the way. There's two things to consider here:
1. Corralling all the MAC Addresses that these boxes have, so that depending on the way ones particular router works you can either do Address Reservations based on the MAC Address that can be used as a "location" to block the ports for. Or script the blocks directly to the MAC Addresses. The first one would be far easier. But I have had serious IP Address problems with the Hoppers. There are many variables depending on the manufacturer of the router.
2. Now the hard part, to find out what those ports are. I did it by accident in the middle of a Beta Test meltdown. And I just asked GA what ports she needs to operate and she popped up a ton of porn on YouTube. I think that's her way of saying.....
I humorously for the most part, at least in my head, posted this thinking a "real" techie might be able to find out what the ports are for fun. And posing some hope that someone severely talented that has some time, just might suss this out.
But first one needs to get past the STBs over abundance of MAC Addresses. Oh and find the ports.
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