Belkin Network Router manual

Pa r ental Contr ol Pa r ental Contr ol Configurable W eb Content Filter Blocks offensive web pages 6 months FREE! U ser Manual P arental Control W eb Content Filter Manual for Belkin Routers equipped with P arental Control Note to P arent/Manager If someone else is setting up your Belkin Router , see page 13 to determine when to name your self as [...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS Intr odu cti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Setting Up P ar en tal Contr ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 A utomati c Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Ma nu al Setup . . . . .[...]

1 INTRODUCTION Pa r ental Control—W eb Content Filtering Y our Belkin Router ships with this powerful feature , unique in th e mark etplace , which gives you th e ability to restri ct an d monitor web surfin g from all PCs connected to it. U nlike oth er pr odu cts, Belkin P ar en tal Contr ol—W eb Conten t Filtering, r equires n o so ftware in[...]

2 INTRODUCTION The P ar ental Control Manager Belkin P aren tal Con trol allows f or a paren t or man ag er if used in an offi ce , to be d esign ated as the P arental Con trol M anag er . This is a role completely separ ate from that o f the Router A d ministrator , which is establish ed separ ately when you set up your Router . It is i deal in si[...]

SETTING UP P ARENTAL CONTROL 3 A utomatic Setup The Router m ust be connected to th e In ternet bef ore settin g up P ar ental Con trol. If you have not set up th e Router to connect to th e In ternet, f ollow the steps in your Quick In stallation Gui d e to set up the Router bef ore attemptin g to set up Pa r e nt a l Control. A utomati c setup is[...]

4 SETTING UP P ARENTAL CONTROL Manual Setup The Router m ust be connected to th e In ternet bef ore settin g up the P arental Contr ol feature . Follow the steps in the Qui ck Installati on Guid e to set up th e Router befor e attempting to set up th e P ar ental Con trol featur e . 1. In your browser , type “192.168.2.1” (d o not type in an yt[...]

SETTING UP P ARENTAL CONTROL 4. Y ou will be prompted to create a passwor d an d provi de an e-m ail add r ess to which chan ge n otifi cation s should be sen t. Enter th e e-m ail add ress you wish to use , and en ter a passwor d to be used by the P ar ental Con tr ol Man ager to m onitor the P ar en tal Contr ol functi on. Note: This password is [...]

6 USING P ARENTAL CONTROL N ow that P aren tal Con trol is activated , objection able websites will now be blocked by th e P ar ental Con trol featur e . If a computer on th e network attempts to access a blocked website , a scr een will appear in th e web browser statin g that that page has been “Block ed by P ar ental Con trol” . Also, th e r[...]

USING P ARENTAL CONTROL 7 Managing P ar ental Control Settings Y ou can perform the f ollowin g tasks from th e P aren tal Con trol pag e . •V i ew the n umber of d ays rem ainin g on your subscription • Find links to Reportin g and P olicy Modifi cation (if subscribed) •M odify your Par ental Con trol categ ori es • Chang e notifi cati on [...]

8 USING P ARENTAL CONTROL A ccessing the P ar ental Control P age 6. In your browser , type “192.168.2.1” (d o not type in an y thing else su ch as “http://” or “www”). Th en press th e “En ter” key . 7. Click “P ar en tal Contr ol” on the “U tilities” tab . Y ou will now see th e P ar ental Contr ol page .[...]

MODIFYING YOUR P ARENT AL CONTROL POLICIES 9 A list of 59 categ ories is pr ovi ded to give a wi de arr ay of customizable opti ons fo r Par ental Con tr ol. Categori es can be blocked or allowed . Blocked categ ori es have been set up by def ault, so initial use o f P ar ental Con trol will imm edi ately begin blocking websites that could be objec[...]

10 MODIFYING YOUR P ARENT AL CONTROL POLICIES Overriding the P ar ental Contr ol Featur e The overri de fun cti on allows a paren t or man ager to access websites that childr en or workers ar e pr evented fr om accessing. Belkin r ecommen ds that Pa re nt al Control M an agers wh o frequen tly overrid e elect n ot to be notifi ed to re du ce e-mail[...]

USING REPORTING 11 If you opt to subscribe to P aren tal Con trol’s Reportin g feature (an e xtra fee is r equired), you will be able to access r eports in two ways. Note: The Reporting screen is a tab on the Change Policy screen discussed previously. 1. Every time access to a block ed website is attempted, a P olicy Violati on screen appears. Th[...]

12 SUBSCRIPTION RENEW AL A utomatic: When your P arental Con trol is 15 d ays from e xpirati on, th e Router will begin to prompt on ce per day f or r enewal. A dditi onally , an e-m ail will be sent statin g that it is time to r en ew , to avoid service disrupti on. If you elect to rene w, you will be pr ompted to enter your cr edit card inf orm a[...]

NOTE TO P ARENTAL CONTROL MANAGER 13 Belkin P aren tal Con trol uses a passwor d (differen t than the Router A d ministrator password) to con trol poli ci es for web blockin g on the In ternet. I t also uses an e-mail ad dr ess to n otify the P ar ental Con tr ol Man ager o f overrid es or attempts to bypass conten t filtering. Th e first tim e a P[...]

14 THIRD-P ARTY SOFTW ARE AND SERVICE RELEA SE AND DISCLAIMER THIS AGREEMENT LIMITS Y OUR RIGHTS Y OU MUST READ THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE Y OU SETUP THIS SOFTW ARE This THIRD P ARTY SOFTW ARE AND SERVICE RELEASE AND DI SCLAIMER (the “ Agr eement ”), is a legal agreem ent between you (an in div idu al) and BELKIN CORPORA TION (“ BELKIN ”), r ega[...]

THIRD-P ARTY SOFTW ARE AND SERVICE RELEA SE AND DISCLAIMER 15 SERVICES OR MALFUNCTI ON OF THE SOFTW ARE, EVEN IF BELKIN OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SH OULD KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH D AMAGES. III. RELEASE. IN CONSIDERA TION OF Y OUR RECEIPT AND USE OF THE SOFTW ARE Y OU HEREBY FOREVER GENERALL Y AND COMPLETEL Y RELEASE AND DI SCHA[...]

16 THIRD-P ARTY SOFTW ARE AND SERVICE RELEA SE AND DISCLAIMER jurisdicti on, inconveni en t forum, an d improper ven ue to the m ain tenan ce of an y such acti on or proceedin g. In th e event that an y party to this Agr eemen t brin gs an action to enf orce an y o f the term s of this A greem en t, the pr evailing party in such acti on shall be en[...]

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