Internet down 11:55 pm to midnight due to access restriction policies

Question

I have some policies to restrist access to certain websites during working hours.
This is for a WRT160N though I am not sure that makes much difference as others I have checked have the same issues.
I have 3 rules, one allowing 12 am to 8 am, one restricting 8 am to 6 pm and a third one allowing from 6 pm to 11:55.
Of course the third rule really should go all the way to midnight but this is not allowed by the interface.
So, every night I am working along and then I lose all internet completely for 5 minutes. It is very disruptive as I do a lot of work at this time and much of it is done remotely.
Any thoughts, tips or advice? Are there any linsys products that don't so this.
Thanks

Answer 1

Here's what I have in mind when it comes to Access Restriction on old routers. I'm not quite sure if this one applies to newer ones like yours. But all I know is, if you don't set up a rule, everything is allowed.
When you set "Allow" to a computer or certain sites, let's say 12am-8am, it will provide access from 12am-8am only. Beyond that time, it will automatically switch to Deny. Same goes with Deny. If you set Deny to a computer or certain sites, let's say 8am-6pm, it will not provide access within the time frame only but beyond that time, it will provide access.
I'm saying that you really don't need too many access restriction. My suggestion is, just set one rule to Deny access to all computers or websites 8am-6pm. So starting 6:01pm to 7:59am, access is allowed without actually setting up an "Allow" rule.
Actually I have an opposite situation. I have 3 computers at home. I want the kids to go to sleep at 8pm. And so, I setup a rule to Deny access 8pm-1155pm and another rule to Deny access 12am-6am. So there's a 5min time Allowed access. But I don't bother, they are already sleeping.
With an old router like mine, it's kinda easy. When you set the router to Allow access, you can only create a Deny rule. And when you set the router to Deny access, you can only create an Allow rule. You can't put both at the same time unlike newer ones. However, it works the same.
HTH