- Dec 21, 2009
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I have been researching which wireless router to get for my house that has very good, comprehensive parental controls. Its very difficult to know which manufacturer has what I am looking by just reading and looking at screen shots. I found ASUS has a demo of their software that interfaces with their routers which was very informative.
I could use some other opinions on this and here are some of the things I have found with these brands:
ASUS
- allows for blocked content by overall category (ie; adult, social networking, games, etc) based on device
- allows limits on time p/device
- does not allow blocking of specific url (at least I couldnt find this anywhere).
NETGEAR
- uses openDNS account - which gives you lots of individual controls over which sites to block
- seems like it blocks those sites from the whole network - not p/device
- you can add specific domains to the list.
- seems like you can have time limits but appears to limit the whole network rather than p/device
- in amazon reviews a user had a very detailed review which said these parental controls did not work very well and required software to be installed on each device.
LINKSYS
- time restrictions p/device
- Parental Controls can be set up for a total of five (5) computers or devices and can block up to eight (8) URLs only.
- seems like you can block content based on category (ie; adult, social networking,etc) but not very clear in the docs if this is true.
I am surprised some computer website has not done a thoroigh review of home network wireless routers and the effectiveness and ease of use of parental controls.
I AM LOOKING FOR:
+ per device blocking (including ipods/iphones)
+ per device time restriction (including ipods/iphones)
+ blocking of specific urls that I choose rather than broad categories.
For example I would like to block games but allow minecraft for my kids. Working from home I need access to file sharing websites for example so I need to allow those for my workstation.
Any helpful information/opinions welcome.
Thanks
I could use some other opinions on this and here are some of the things I have found with these brands:
ASUS
- allows for blocked content by overall category (ie; adult, social networking, games, etc) based on device
- allows limits on time p/device
- does not allow blocking of specific url (at least I couldnt find this anywhere).
NETGEAR
- uses openDNS account - which gives you lots of individual controls over which sites to block
- seems like it blocks those sites from the whole network - not p/device
- you can add specific domains to the list.
- seems like you can have time limits but appears to limit the whole network rather than p/device
- in amazon reviews a user had a very detailed review which said these parental controls did not work very well and required software to be installed on each device.
LINKSYS
- time restrictions p/device
- Parental Controls can be set up for a total of five (5) computers or devices and can block up to eight (8) URLs only.
- seems like you can block content based on category (ie; adult, social networking,etc) but not very clear in the docs if this is true.
I am surprised some computer website has not done a thoroigh review of home network wireless routers and the effectiveness and ease of use of parental controls.
I AM LOOKING FOR:
+ per device blocking (including ipods/iphones)
+ per device time restriction (including ipods/iphones)
+ blocking of specific urls that I choose rather than broad categories.
For example I would like to block games but allow minecraft for my kids. Working from home I need access to file sharing websites for example so I need to allow those for my workstation.
Any helpful information/opinions welcome.
Thanks
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