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After you log on or create your account, the filtering level screen displays:

12.

Select a radio button for a filtering level and click the

Next

button.

The Setup is complete screen displays.

13.

Click the

Take me to the status screen

button.

Parental controls are now set up for the router. The dashboard shows Parental Controls as

Enabled.

Allow or Block Access to Your Network

You can use access control to block or allow access to your network.



To set up access control:

1.

Launch a web 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.

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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 a device is in the blocked list.

6.

Select an access rule:

•

Allow all new devices to connect

. With this setting, if you add 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 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.

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 view allowed or blocked devices that are not connected, click the following links:

•

View list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network

•

View list of blocked devices not currently connected to the network

The list displays.

8.

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.

9.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes take effect.

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Manage Network Access Control Lists

You can use access control to block or allow access to your network.



To manage devices that are allowed or blocked:

1.

Launch a web 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 > Access Control

.

5.

Click the

View list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network

link.

6.

Select the check box for a device.

7.

Use the

Add

button and

Remove from the List

button as needed.

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8.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes take effect.

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 block Internet sites:

1.

Launch a web 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 a keyword blocking option:

•

Per Schedule

. Turn on keyword blocking according to a schedule that you set. (See

Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services

on page

57.)

•

Always

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

6.

In the

Type keyword or domain name here

field, enter a keyword or domain that you want

to block.

For example:

•

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

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•

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.

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.

Delete Keywords from the Blocked List



To delete keywords from the list:

1.

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

network.

2.

Type

http://routerlogin.net

or

http://routerlogin.com

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

admin

. The user name and password

are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security >

Block Sites

.

The Block Sites screen displays.

5.

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.

6.

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 a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.