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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...
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 4 million sites. If the response is “Yes”, then the website is passed to the computer, usually with zero delay.
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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.
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.
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.
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Setting up Parental Control 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.
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”.
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 •...
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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.
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.
Refresh This feature is only used if the Parental Control settings on the Router (e.g., expiration date) become corrupted. Pressing this button causes the Router to request an updated setting from Belkin.
Manual: You can log in to the advanced user interface of the Router (see manual), select “Parental Control”, and select “Renewal”. You will be prompted to enter your credit card information through Belkin’s secure web site. Renewal is not possible until 15 days...
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...
BELKIN CORPORATION (“BELKIN”), regarding the en- closed 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 and Disclaimer page in the Software setup and clicking the “Next”...
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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, CONSULTANTS,...
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Third Party Software Service Release and Disclaimer 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.