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The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Access Control

.

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

even if the device is in the blocked list.

6.

To specify the access rule, select one of the following radio buttons:

•

Allow all new devices to connect

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

access your network. You don’t need to enter its MAC address in this screen.

NETGEAR recommends that you leave this radio button selected.

•

Block all new devices from connecting

. With this setting, if you buy 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.

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.

7.

To allow the computer or device you’re currently using to continue to access the network,

select the check box next to your computer or device, and click the

Allow

button.

8.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes take effect.

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Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites

You can use keywords to block certain Internet sites from your network. You can use blocking

all the time or based on a schedule.



To set block Internet sites:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

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 screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security >

Block Sites

.

5.

Select one of the keyword blocking options:

•

Per Schedule

. Turn on keyword blocking according to the Schedule screen settings.

(See

Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services

on page

60.)

•

Always

. Turn on keyword blocking all the time, independent of the Schedule screen.

6.

In the

Keyword

field, enter a keyword or domain that you want to block.

For example:

•

Specify XXX to block http://www.badstuff.com/xxx.html.

•

Specify .com if you want to allow only sites with domain suffixes such as .edu or .gov.

•

Enter a period (

.

) to block all Internet browsing access.

7.

Click the

Add Keyword

button.

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The keyword is added to the keyword list. The keyword list supports up to 32 entries.

8.

Click the

Apply

button.

Keyword blocking takes effect.



To delete keywords from the list:

1.

Do one of the following:

•

To delete a single word, select it and click the

Delete Keyword

button.

The keyword is removed from the list.

•

To delete all keywords on the list, click the

Clear List

button.

All keywords are removed from the list.

2.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes are saved.

Block Services from the Internet

You can block Internet services on your network based on the type of service. You can block

the services all the time or based on a schedule.



To block services:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

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 screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Block Services

.

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5.

Specify when to block the services:

•

To block the services all the time, select the

Always

radio button.

•

To block the services based on a schedule, select the

Per Schedule

radio button.

To specify the schedule, see

Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services

on

page

60.

6.

Click the

Add

button.

The Block Services Setup screen displays:

7.

To add a service that is in the

Service Type

list, select the application or service.

The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.

8.

To add a service or application that is not the list, select

User Defined

.

a.

If you know that the application uses either TCP or UDP, select the appropriate

protocol; otherwise, select

TCP/UDP

(both).

b.

Enter the starting port and ending port numbers.

•

If the service uses a single port number, enter that number in both fields.

•

To find out which port numbers the service or application uses, you can contact

the publisher of the application, ask user groups or newsgroups, or search on the

Internet.

9.

To specify how to filter the services, select one of the following radio buttons:

•

Only This IP Address

. Block services for a single computer.

•

IP Address Range

. Block services for a range of computers with consecutive IP

addresses on your network.

•

All lP Addresses

. Block services for all computers on your network.

10.

Click the

Add

button.

Your changes are saved.

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Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services

When you schedule blocking, the same schedule is used to block sites and to block services.

For information about how to specify what you want the router to block, see

Use Keywords to

Block Internet Sites

on page

57 and

Block Services from the Internet

on page

58.



To schedule blocking:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

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 screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Schedule

.

5.

Specify when to block keywords and services:

•

Days to Block

. Select the check box for each day that you want to block the

keywords or select the

Every Day

check box, which automatically selects the check

boxes for all days.

•

Time of Day to Block

. Select a start and end time in 24-hour format, or select

All

Day

for 24-hour blocking.

6.

Select your time zone from the list.

7.

If you use daylight saving time, select the

Automatically adjust for daylight savings time

check box.

8.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.