How To Set Up Parental Controls; How To Access Parental Controls - Linksys E1500 User Manual

Linksys E-Series

How to set up parental controls

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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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TIPS
• 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
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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