Set Up Parental Controls

The first time that you select

Parental Controls

from the BASIC Home page, your browser goes to the

Parental Controls

website.You can learn more about Parental Controls or download the application.

After you set up and enable parental controls, you can change the web filtering level for each device on

the network through the network map page on the genie app.

To set up Parental Controls:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

Parental Controls

.

The

Parental Controls

website opens.

5.

Click the button for the app or version that you want to download and use.

6.

Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the genie app.

7.

Open the genie app and select

Parental Controls

.

After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.

8.

Click the

Next

button, read the note, and click the

Next

button again.

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Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are prompted to log in or create

a free account.

9.

Select a radio button as follows:

•

If you already own an OpenDNS account, leave the

Yes

radio button selected.

•

If you do not own an OpenDNS account, select the

No

radio button.

If you are creating an account, the Create a free OpenDNS account page displays. Do the following:

a.

Complete the fields.

b.

Click the

Next

button.

After you log on or create your account, the filtering level page displays.

10.

Select the radio button for the filtering level that you want and click the

Next

button.

The Setup is complete page displays.

11.

Click the

Take me to the status screen

button.

The Status page displays. Parental Controls are now set up for the router.

12.

To enable Parental Controls, click the

Enable Live Parental Controls

button.

Allow or Block Access to Your Network

You can use access control to block or allow access of devices to your network.You define access by

selecting or specifying the MAC addresses of the wired and WiFi devices that either can access your

entire network or are blocked from accessing your entire network.

Enable and Manage Network Access Control

When you enable access control, you must select whether new devices are allowed to access the network

or are blocked from accessing the network. By default, currently connected devices are allowed to access

the network, but you can also block these devices from accessing the network.

To set up network access control:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

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The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Access Control

.

The previous figure shows two WiFi devices connected.

5.

Select the

Turn on Access Control

check box.

You must select this check box before you can specify an access rule and use the

Allow

and

Block

buttons. When the

Turn on Access Control

check box is cleared, all devices are allowed to connect,

even if a device is in the list of blocked devices.

6.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

7.

Select an access rule for new devices:

•

Allow all new devices to connect

. With this setting, if you add a new device, it can access your

network.You do not need to enter its MAC address on this page. We recommend that you leave

this radio button selected.

•

Block all new devices from connecting

. With this setting, if you add a new device, before it can

access your network, you must enter its MAC address for an Ethernet connection and its MAC

address for a WiFi connection in the allowed list. For more information, see

Manage Network Access

Control Lists

on page 74.

The access rule does not affect previously blocked or allowed devices. It applies only to devices joining

your network in the future after you apply these settings.

8.

To manage access for currently connected computers and devices:

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•

If you blocked all new devices from connecting, to allow the computer or device that you are currently

using to continue to access the network, select the check box next to your computer or WiFi device

in the table, and click the

Allow

button.

•

To either continue to allow or to block other computers and devices that are currently connected,

select the check box next to the computer or device in the table, and click either the

Allow

button

or the

Block

button.

9.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

Manage Network Access Control Lists

You can use access control to block or allow access to your network. An access control list (ACL) functions

with the MAC addresses of wired and WiFi devices that can either access your entire network or are

blocked from accessing your entire network.

The router can detect the MAC addresses of devices that are connected to the network and list the MAC

addresses of devices that were connected to the network.

Each network device owns a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical address, containing

the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F (uppercase or lowercase) only, and separated by colons

(for example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01).Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the WiFi card or network

interface device. If you cannot see the label, you can display the MAC address using the network

configuration utilities of the computer.You might also find the MAC addresses through the web pages of

the router (see

View Devices Currently on the Network

on page 200).

Add Devices to or Remove Them From the Allowed List

If you set up an access list that blocks all new devices from accessing your network, you must specify

which devices are allowed to access your network.

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To add or remove devices that are allowed:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Access Control

.

The Access Control page displays.

5.

Click the

View list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network

link.

A table displays the detected device name, MAC address, and connection type of the devices that

are not connected but allowed to access the network.

6.

To add a device to the allowed list, do the following:

a.

Click the

Add

button.

The Add Allowed Device page displays.

b.

Enter the MAC address and device name for the device that you want to allow.

c.

On the Add Allowed Device page, click the

Apply

button.

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