Control Access to the Gateway

Use the descriptions and instructions in the following table to configure the access restrictions basic rules for your residential gateway. After you make your selections, click Save Settings to apply your changes or Cancel Changes to cancel.

Section

Field Description

Parental Control Basic

Parental Control Activation

Setup

Allows you to enable or disable parental controls. To 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.

 

Add Rule

 

Adds and saves a new Rule to the list of content rules

 

Remove Rule

 

Removes the selected rule from the content rule list

 

 

Keyword List

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

 

Add/Remove Keyword

 

Allows you to add new keywords to the list or to delete

 

selected keywords from the list

 

 

Blocked Domain List

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

 

Add/Remove Domain

 

Allows you to add new domains to the list or to delete selected

 

domains from the list

 

 

Allowed Domain List

Allowed Domain List

 

Allows you to create a list of domains to which the gateway

 

allows access

 

Add/Remove Allowed Domain

 

Allows you to add new domains to the list or to delete selected

 

domains from the list

 

 

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Cisco Systems EPC3925 Parental Control check box and click Apply, Add Rule, Remove Rule, Keyword List, Add/Remove Keyword

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