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alexzand2's avatar
alexzand2
New Contributor
5 years ago

Kids doing school at HOME and I cant block PORN

OKay your panoramic WIFI is horrible for blocking porn.  I enable parental controls but then my kids can NOT access GMAIL which is required for their school and they can not access YOUTUBE which is also required for the vidoes at school.

THis is horrible, I need a solution and fast.  Your parent controls *** you cant even tell it to unblock gmail.com it just blocks everything.  HOw is anyone using this and letting their kids use it to do school from home ??

  • Bruce's avatar
    Bruce
    Honored Contributor III
    5 years ago

    The fastest solution is to get a better router.  I trust the recommendations of a few Forum contributors.

    I'll assume more effective Parental Controls is priority.  What's the bandwidth of your plan?  How is the wireless coverage in your home?  Would you need USB ports on a router to share printers, external drives, etc?

    • alexzand2's avatar
      alexzand2
      New Contributor
      5 years ago

      Unlimited bandwith wifi coverage is great - we use the cox parnaramic wifi -as a modem is works great but you have no way to block adult sites with this modem. THe  only option is to turn on parent controlls which also will block youtube and school websites.

  • hudhacks's avatar
    hudhacks
    New Contributor II
    5 years ago

    I recommend using OpenDNS - https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/ that provides site protection by categories and per domain. Additionally, there's ability to permit/allow specific domains if the domain is blocked by the category. It's pretty simple to setup by changing the name servers at router, or directly on each device. I've personally used for about 5 years.

    Caveat - there's a limitation to know is encrypted VPNs can be used to bypass the filters, the kid's playground chatter gets around with methods to beat parental controls. Resolving blocking encrypted VPN takes more effort using a combination of hardware and software.

    Good Luck!

    • alexzand2's avatar
      alexzand2
      New Contributor
      5 years ago

      you CAN NOT i repeat CAN NOT use open DNS with the COX Modem!!

      • Mike5381's avatar
        Mike5381
        New Contributor II
        5 years ago

        I use open DNS and i am using a cox modem.

  • bearone2's avatar
    bearone2
    Contributor III
    5 years ago

    how can they access porn but not gmail/youtube??

    shutting down wifi.......are you aware they still have the cell network for phones?

    • alexzand2's avatar
      alexzand2
      New Contributor
      5 years ago

      Cox parent controlls blocks Everything  Even Safe sites - its pretty worthless if your kid is over 5 and need to access real education sites - it even blocks school websites

  • EMW's avatar
    EMW
    New Contributor
    5 years ago

    you  can add a wifi card to your pc and crate a  network dedicated wifi network  fore your children and have full easy control throw a sever in windows  block all ip addresses and  unblock the ones you know are safe  the  Card is like $15  and the software   depending on what company  you get it from should be free. may have adds  but you can just minimize the window