Linksys EA6500 Network Router User Manual


 
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Setting Up: Basics
Linksys EA-Series
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 Cisco Connect
login page appears. To view the blocked content, you must log into
your Cisco Connect Cloud account and change the parental control
restrictions.
How to set parental controls
To set parental controls:
1.
Log into Cisco Connect Cloud. (See “How to configure your router” on
page 14.
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.