How To Set Up Parental Controls; How To Access Parental Controls - Cisco Linksys E900 User Manual

Linksys E-Series

How to set up parental controls

For
E1200 E1500 E2500 E3200
With your router, you can use parental controls to:
Set the times that Internet access is allowed .
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• Block websites that you specify or based on their content .
Set the above restrictions for specific computers .
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• You can also set parental controls in the browser-based utility .
On the E4200, click the Access Restrictions tab . On other Linksys
routers, click the Access Restrictions tab, then click the Parental
Controls page .
• When someone tries to open a blocked website, a window opens
asking for the parental controls password . Enter the password to
view the blocked content .

How to access parental controls

The first time you try to access parental controls, you are asked to set a password .
To access parental controls for the first time:
1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Parental controls . The
Parental controls password screen opens .
E4200
2. Enter a password (from 4 to 32 characters), then enter a secret question
and answer .
• The password must contain from 4 to 32 valid characters, which are
A-Z, a-z, and 0-9 .
• The answer to the secret question should be something not easily
guessed by others . If you forget your password, you can reset it by
correctly answering your secret question .
3. To save your settings, click oK . The Parental controls main screen appears .
To access parental controls after the first time:
1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Parental controls . The
Enter the parental controls password screen opens .
2. Enter the parental control password, then click oK .
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If you forgot the password, click I forgot my password and enter
the answer to your secret question .
The Parental controls main screen appears .
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