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* Log into the ZyXEL Router. You can typically do this at https://192.168.1.1 using the credentials on the card underneath the router. The username will be admin. |
* Log into the ZyXEL Router. You can typically do this at https://192.168.1.1 using the credentials on the card underneath the router. The username will be admin. |
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* Either go to ''Security'' then ''Parental Control'', or if there are already defined parental controls on a device then from the Network Map screen select the device you'd like to set controls for and click 'Parental Control' |
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* You are also able to block specific URLs or keywords. |
* You are also able to block specific URLs or keywords. |
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[[File:ParentalControls6.png]] |
[[File:ParentalControls6.png]] |
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= Under the bonnet = |
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As your author has been puzzled by the parental controls not working as expected, he delved into the workings. |
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It uses a combination of ''iptables'' and ''ebtables'' (although strangely not, it appears, ''ip6tables''). A userspace application ''webipqd'' handles URLs and keywords, its configuration is in ''/var/url_list''. |
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