User's Manual

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Setting Up: Basics
Linksys E-Series
How to set up parental controls
For
ALL
With your router, you can use parental controls to:
• Set the times that Internet access is allowed.
• Block websites based on their content.
• Block websites that you specify.
• Set the above restrictions for specific computers.
TIP
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.
NOTE
If you forgot the password, click I forgot my password and enter
the answer to your secret question.
The Parental controls main screen appears.