Linksys EA6400 manual How to set up parental controls, How to set parental controls

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Information about the device appears on the screen.

4.Click OK.

How to set up parental controls

With your router, you can use parental controls to:

•• Set the times that Internet access is allowed.

•• Block websites that you specify or based on their content.

•• Set the above restrictions for specific computers.

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When someone tries to open a blocked website, a Linksys Smart Wi-Fi login page appears. To view the blocked content, you must log into your Linksys Smart Wi-Fi account and change the parental control restrictions.

Setting Up: Basics

How to set parental controls

To set parental controls:

1.Log into Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See “How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi- Fi” on page 7.

2.Under Apps, click Parental Controls. The Parental Controls screen opens.

3.To turn on parental controls, click the Enable parental controls button so that ON is displayed.

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It’s not necessary to set parental controls over each computer on your home network. You can set the controls on only those computers that children can access.

4.To select a computer to apply parental controls to, click the name of the computer in the Restrict Internet access on list.

5.To block Internet access on the selected computer(s), under Block Internet access:

••Click Never to allow Internet access.

••Click Always to always block Internet access.

••Click Specific Times to set the times when Internet access is allowed.

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