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After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.

7.

Click the

Next

button.

8.

Read the note, and click the

Next

button again to proceed.

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 have an OpenDNS account, leave the

Yes

radio button selected.

•

If you do not have an OpenDNS account, select the

No

radio button.

10.

Click the

Next

button.

If you are creating an account, the following screen displays:

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11.

Complete the fields and click the

Next

button.

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

12.

Select 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 genie BASIC Home screen displays

Parental Controls as Enabled.

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.

In the address field of the web browser, enter

www.routerlogin.net

or

www.routerlogin.com

.

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 >

Block Sites

.

5.

Select a keyword blocking option:

•

Per Schedule

. Use keyword blocking according to a schedule you set. (See

Schedule

When to Block Internet Sites and Services

on page

51.)

•

Always

. Use keyword blocking continuously.

6.

In the

keyword

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

Here are some sample entries:

•

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.

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.

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

network.

2.

In the address field of the web browser, enter

www.routerlogin.net

or

www.routerlogin.com

.

A login screen displays.

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 screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security >

Block Sites

.

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

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.

2.

In the address field of the web browser, enter

www.routerlogin.net

or

www.routerlogin.com

.

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

.

5.

Specify when to block the services:

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To block the services continuously, select the

Always

radio button.

•

To block the services based on a schedule, select the

Per Schedule

radio button.

For information about how to specify the schedule, see

Schedule When to Block

Internet Sites and Services

on page

51.

6.

Click the

Add

button.

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.

From the

Protocol

list, select a protocol.

If you are not sure what protocol the service or application uses, select

TCP/UDP

.

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 news groups, or search on the

Internet.

9.

Select a filtering option:

•

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.