Belkin Network Router User Manual

Parental

Control

Parental

Control

Configurable Web

Content Filter

Blocks

offensive

web

pages

6 months FREE!

User Manual

Parental Control
Web Content Filter

Manual for Belkin Routers equipped
with Parental Control

Note to Parent/Manager

If someone else is setting up your Belkin Router,
see page 13 to determine when to name yourself
as the Parental Control Manager for setup of
Parental Control. The Parental Control Manager
is the individual who is setup as the
authority/decision-maker over each computer’s
Internet access and/or restriction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Setting Up Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Automatic Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Manual Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Using Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Managing Parental Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Accessing the Parental Control Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Modifying your Parental Control Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Using Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Subscription Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Note to Parental Control Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

1

INTRODUCTION

Parental Control—Web Content Filtering

Your Belkin Router ships with this powerful feature, unique in the marketplace,
which gives you the ability to restrict and monitor web surfing from all PCs
connected to it. Unlike other products, Belkin Parental Control—Web Content
Filtering, requires no software installation on your PCs; everything is internal to
the Router. This feature is provided FREE for six months with every Belkin Router
purchase. After that, a nominal subscription fee goes into effect, renewable once
per year. Unlike other products, Parental Control allows your subscription to
cover your entire network with no “per PC” charges.

How Belkin Parental Control Works

Once Belkin Parental Control is enabled, every web request, or “get”, results in
two requests from the Router, one for the site itself, and the second for an
approval (Yes or No) from Belkin. The rating is retrieved from our database of
over 2.5 million sites. If the response is “Yes”, then the website is passed to the
computer, usually with zero delay. If the response is “No”, then the website will
not be displayed and the computer will be shown a Policy Violation screen
stating why the website was denied.

If the requested website is within the web filter database, the answer will be
instantaneous, and usually will cause no delay. However, if the site requested is
not in the database, the web filter will instantly rate the site (give it a real-time
rating) and add it to the database. Sites that require real-time ratings sometimes
take between 1 and 5 seconds to complete. In most cases, the user will not
perceive a delay. Sites that are not in the database represent a small percentage
of total sites. Real-time rating is extremely useful for stopping new pornography
sites as they appear.

2

INTRODUCTION

The Parental Control Manager

Belkin Parental Control allows for a parent or manager if used in an office, to be
designated as the Parental Control Manager. This is a role completely separate
from that of the Router Administrator, which is established separately when you
set up your Router. It is ideal in situations where a child in the household, or an
employee in an office, can act as the Router Administrator, but should be
restricted in terms of website access. Once Parental Control is set up, e-mail
notifications will automatically be sent to the Parental Control Manager whenever
the service is disabled, overridden, or when passwords or e-mail addresses are
changed.

Other powerful features of Parental Control are the Parental Control Manager’s
override and filter-customizing capabilities (explained in detail in the section
entitled “Using Parental Control” beginning on page 6.)

Note: For an additional subscription fee, reporting is available to show all website
usage, allowed or denied, by your network.

SETTING UP PARENTAL CONTROL

3

Automatic Setup

The Router must be connected to the Internet before setting up Parental Control.
If you have not set up the Router to connect to the Internet, follow the steps in
your Quick Installation Guide to set up the Router before attempting to set up
Parental Control.

Automatic setup is the easiest way to get Parental Control up and running.
After setting up the Router to connect to the Internet for the first time, a setup
page will automatically be displayed when you open your browser. Follow the
steps below.

1. Open a browser on any computer on the network. A page will be displayed
prompting you to sign up for Parental Control for six months FREE. If this
page does not display, follow the instructions for Manual Setup in the next
section of this guide.

2. Select the option that lets you enable Parental Control. If you delay the
decision to sign up by clicking “Later”, the Router will prompt every six hours
until a decision is made. If you click “Never”, you will not be reminded again.
You can manually enable Parental Control at any time later by following the
Manual Setup instructions.

3. You will be prompted to ceate a password and provide an e-mail address to
which change notifications should be sent. Enter the e-mail address you wish
to use, and enter a password to be used to manage the Parental Control
function. Note: This password is different than the password used to manage
the Router and should be unique to keep unauthorized users from changing
the Parental Control settings.

4. Once you have entered this information, the Parental Control feature is
activated. To view or change the settings, follow the directions in the section
called “Managing Parental Control Settings.”

4

SETTING UP PARENTAL CONTROL

Manual Setup

The Router must be connected to the Internet before setting up the Parental
Control feature. Follow the steps in the Quick Installation Guide to set up the
Router before attempting to set up the Parental Control feature.

1. In your browser, type “192.168.2.1” (do not type in anything else such as
“http://” or “www”). Then press the “Enter” key.

2. Click “Parental Control” on the “Utilities” tab. You will now see the Parental
Control page.

3. Click “Subscribe Now”.