Parental Controls User Configuration

Be aware that Parental Controls affect all devices including Games Consoles and iPods.

Now that Parental Controls are installed on your router you will have a program on your computer called Management Utility, this is the program used to configure your Parental Controls. This is located on a Windows based computer under Programs in the Start Menu in a folder called Netgear Live Parental Controls.

When you open this program you are prompted to enter the Admin Password for your router, by default this is password.

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  • In the Parental Controls Management Utility you can disable/enable your filtering, change the filtering level and you are also shown the OpenDNS Account that you are logged in to.
  • Clicking Disable Live Parental Controls will stop all filtering on your network so you will not be protected.
  • By clicking Change Basic Settings you are taken to the main filtering selection screen you saw at the end of the installation process earlier.
  • Clicking Change Custom Settings allows you to further configure your protection which we will look at now.

 

 

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The Default Settings screen above allows you to configure various options with your Parental Controls.

A: Filtering Level

  • In this section you can select the standard Filtering Level you require, view what this level actually filters and allows you to customise your filtering.

B: Adding a Time Block

  • By adding a Time Block you can automatically change the level of filtering at specified times each day. For example, when the children are at school or after they have gone to bed you can reduce the level of filtering.

C: Adding a Bypass Account

  • A Bypass Account is an application you install that removes the filtering on the computer the bypass is installed on.

D: Account Settings

  • In the Account Settings screen you can change the time zone your router defaults to so you know your Time Blocks will work correctly, ensure networked storage drives or printers are not affected by the Parental Control and you can also specify websites to be Blacklisted (always blocked) or Whitelisted (always allowed).

 

Please see the links on the left hand side of this page for information regarding each section.

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