NETGEAR WGT624 manual Chapter Content Filtering, Blocking Access to Internet Sites

Chapter 5

Content Filtering

This chapter describes how to use the content filtering features of the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 to protect your network. These features can be found by clicking on the Content Filtering heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface.

The 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 provides you with web content filtering options, plus browsing activity reporting and instant alerts via e-mail. Parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time-of-day, web addresses and web address keywords. You can also block Internet access by applications and services, such as chat or games.

Blocking Access to Internet Sites

The WGT624 wireless router allows you to restrict access based on web addresses and web address keywords. Up to 255 entries are supported in the Keyword list. The Block Sites menu is below:

Figure 5-1: Block Sites menu

To enable keyword blocking, select either “Per Schedule” or “Always”, then click Apply. If you want to block by schedule, be sure that a time period is specified in the Schedule menu.

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