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Parental Control
Web Content Filter
Manual for Belkin Routers equipped
with Parental Control
6 months FREE!
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Note to Parent/Manager
User Manual
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
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Setting Up Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Automatic Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Manual Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Using Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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
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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 Cont
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SETTING UP PARENTAL CONTROL 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
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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 “Subsc
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SETTING UP PARENTAL CONTROL 4. You will be prompted to create 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 by the Parental Control Manager to monitor 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. 5. Once you have entered this in
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USING PARENTAL CONTROL Now that Parental Control is activated, objectionable websites will now be blocked by the Parental Control feature. If a computer on the network attempts to access a blocked website, a screen will appear in the web browser stating that that page has been “Blocked by Parental Control”. Also, the reason for the block will be stated—for example, “This site was blocked because it is categorized as pornography.” There are options on the page that will allow you to do one of t
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USING PARENTAL CONTROL Managing Parental Control Settings You can perform the following tasks from the Parental Control page. •View the number of days remaining on your subscription • Find links to Reporting and Policy Modification (if subscribed) •Modify your Parental Control categories • Change notification e-mail • Change your Parental Control password • Disable filtering/enable filtering • Select whether or not to be notified when someone overrides filtering • Refresh account settings •Sign
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USING PARENTAL CONTROL Accessing the Parental Control Page 6. In your browser, type “192.168.2.1” (do not type in any thing else such as “http://” or “www”). Then press the “Enter” key. 7. Click “Parental Control” on the “Utilities” tab. You will now see the Parental Control page. 8
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MODIFYING YOUR PARENTAL CONTROL POLICIES A list of 59 categories is provided to give a wide array of customizable options for Parental Control. Categories can be blocked or allowed. Blocked categories have been set up by default, so initial use of Parental Control will immediately begin blocking websites that could be objectionable. You can modify the categories at any time you wish. Additionally, any website can be set to always be allowed, or always blocked, regardless of the category. There
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MODIFYING YOUR PARENTAL CONTROL POLICIES Overriding the Parental Control Feature The override function allows a parent or manager to access websites that children or workers are prevented from accessing. Belkin recommends that Parental Control Managers who frequently override elect not to be notified to reduce e-mail traffic. How the Override Function Works With filtering turned on, each policy-violation screen provides a prompt for override. If you wish to override filters and surf without rest
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USING REPORTING If you opt to subscribe to Parental Control’s Reporting feature (an extra fee is required), you will be able to access reports in two ways. Note: The Reporting screen is a tab on the Change Policy screen discussed previously. 1. Every time access to a blocked website is attempted, a Policy Violation screen appears. These screens offer a link to the Policy Administration page, and require the Parental Control password to be typed in for access. 2. There is a link in the Router’s P
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SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL Automatic: When your Parental Control is 15 days from expiration, the Router will begin to prompt once per day for renewal. Additionally, an e-mail will be sent stating that it is time to renew, to avoid service disruption. If you elect to renew, you will be prompted to enter your credit card information through Belkin’s secure website. Manual: You can log in to the advanced user interface of the Router (see manual), select “Parental Control”, and select “Renewal”. You will
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NOTE TO PARENTAL CONTROL MANAGER Belkin Parental Control uses a password (different than the Router Administrator password) to control policies for web blocking on the Internet. It also uses an e-mail address to notify the Parental Control Manager of overrides or attempts to bypass content filtering. The first time a PC tries to surf following the Router’s connection to the Internet, the user will be prompted to sign up for Parental Control. During setup (see setup section for a more detailed
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THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE AND SERVICE RELEASE AND DISCLAIMER THIS AGREEMENT LIMITS YOUR RIGHTS YOU MUST READ THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU SETUP THIS SOFTWARE This THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE AND SERVICE RELEASE AND DISCLAIMER (the “Agreement”), is a legal agreement between you (an individual) and BELKIN CORPORATION (“BELKIN”), regarding the enclosed third-party parental control web content filter (the “Software”) that BELKIN has provided to you free of charge. By selecting the box at the bottom of the Release
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THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE AND SERVICE RELEASE AND DISCLAIMER SERVICES OR MALFUNCTION OF THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF BELKIN OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. III. RELEASE. IN CONSIDERATION OF YOUR RECEIPT AND USE OF THE SOFTWARE YOU HEREBY FOREVER GENERALLY AND COMPLETELY RELEASE AND DISCHARGE BELKIN AND ITS RESPECTIVE SERVANTS, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, EMPLOYEES, PARENT CORPORATIONS, SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS, AFFILIATES, CONSULTA
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THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE AND SERVICE RELEASE AND DISCLAIMER jurisdiction, inconvenient forum, and improper venue to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding. In the event that any party to this Agreement brings an action to enforce any of the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees, and costs incurred in connection therewith. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto and constit
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