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Parental Control Setup Guide

The Parental Control feature allows you to take advanced measures to ensure the computers connected to the LAN are used only when and how you decide.Make sure to activate the Internet Time server synchronization, so that the scheduled times match your local time.

Prerequisite: Internet Time server synchronization

1. Open a web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Firefox), type http://192.168.20.1 into the address bar and press Enter.
2. At the login screen, type admin into both the User Name and the Password fields and click OK or Log In.
3. Select the Management menu, then select the Internet Time submenu at the left-hand side of the screen.
4. By default, NetComm NTP servers are configured as First and Second NTP time servers.
5. Check and change “Time zone offset” and √ Enable Daylight Saving Time if required.

Time Restriction (for a device)This Parental Control function allows you to restrict internet access from a Local Area Network (LAN) connected on selected days and at certain times.

1. Log in to the Web UI as admin. Then open the Advanced Setup menu, then select the Parental Control and Time Restriction sub menu at the left-hand side of the screen. Then click Add on the right-hand side.
2. On the Access Time, Restriction page start creating the access time restriction rule with a Rule Name.
3. Provide the MAC Address of the device that you want to restrict access to. If it is the same device that you are configuring from you may select Browser’s MAC Address, alternatively select the Other MAC Address option and enter the MAC Address of other devices you may be using.
4. Select the checkboxes for each of the Days of the week when you want to restrict internet access.
5. Specify the daily time range using Start Blocking Time and End Blocking Time to block internet access. Always input time in the 24-hour format.
6. Click on Apply/Save button to start the rule instantly. Once configured, the new rule appears in the Access Time Restriction list as follows:

URL Filter (for all)With the URL filter, you can add certain websites or URLs to a safe or blocked list. This will provide you added security to ensure any website you deem unsuitable will not be able to be seen by anyone who is accessing the Internet via the NF18ACV.

1. Log in to the Web UI as admin. Then open the Advanced Setup menu, then select the Parental Control and URL Filter submenu at the left-hand side of the screen.
2. Then select URL List Type Black List and press the Add button on the right-hand side.The Parental Control – URL Filter Add page opens:
3. Type in the URL address of the website that you want to block. Here you may block using keywords as well. Say for example “www.restrict.com” blocks that website only. But if you type “restrict” instead of “www.restrict.com” then it’ll block any website which has the word “restrict” within. Note that the NF18ACV is unable to block websites accessed over HTTPS.
4. You may configure the Port number if you wish to. If you don’t configure anything the default is port 80.
5. Select the checkboxes for each of the Days of the week when you want to block the website. If you want to block a web site forever, select all 7 days.
6. You may configure the daily Start time and End time. Again, if you don’t configure one it will be from 00:00 till 23:59.Always input time in the 24-hour format.
7. Click on Apply/Save button to start the rule instantly. Once configured, the new rule appears in the URL Filter list as follows:

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Parental Control Setup Guide