How Do I Configure My DOCSIS Residential Gateway?

Setup Parental Control - Basic Setup Page Description

This section describes the section headings and fields descriptions of the Setup Parental Control - Basic Setup page. This page allows you to create Internet access rules based on the content found in the URLs of Internet sites.

 

Field Name

Description

 

 

Parental Control

Allows you to enable or disable parental controls. To

 

Activation

enable parental controls, select the Enable Parental

 

 

Control check box and click Apply. To disable parental

 

 

controls, clear the Enable Parental Control check box

 

 

and click Apply.

 

 

 

 

 

Rule Configuration

Allows you to add a new content rule. Enter the name

 

 

of the rule and click the Add Rule button to add the

 

 

content rule to the list. Content rules are used to restrict

 

 

Internet access based on IP addresses, domains, and

 

 

keywords found in the URLs of Internet sites

 

 

Note: It may be useful to set up your first rule as “No

 

 

Rule,” without any restrictions or settings. This setting

 

 

will allow you to assign “No Rule” status to users who

 

 

are not subject to “content-related” access restrictions.

 

 

 

 

 

Rule Settings

Allows you to edit a content rule by using the

 

 

drop-down menu to recall the rule to be edited

 

 

To remove a user profile, use the drop-down menu to

 

 

select the rule to be removed and click on the Remove

 

 

Rule button.

 

 

 

 

 

Keyword List

Allows you to create a list of keywords. Any attempt to

 

 

access a URL that contains any of the keywords in this

 

 

list will be blocked by the gateway

 

 

 

 

 

Blocked Domain List

Allows you to create a list of domains that the gateway

 

 

should block access to. Any attempt to access any of

 

 

the domains in this list will be blocked by the gateway

 

 

 

 

 

Allowed Domain List

Allows you to create a list of domains to which the

 

 

gateway allows access

 

 

 

 

 

Override Password

Allows you to create a password to temporarily

 

 

override user access restrictions to a blocked Internet

 

 

site

 

 

 

 

 

Re-enter Password

Re-enter the same password for confirmation of the

 

 

override password in the previous field

 

 

 

 

 

Duration

Allows you to designate an amount of time in minutes

 

 

that the Override password will allow temporary

 

 

access to a restricted Internet site

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Cisco Systems DPC/EPC2325 DOCSIS important safety instructions Setup Parental Control Basic Setup Page Description