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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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