Computer Hope
Software => Computer software => Topic started by: Gatika on October 12, 2007, 06:07:19 PM
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So, my father has a peculiar problem. There are seven of us kids that still live at home. Three of us have our own laptops, one has a desktop, and the three remaining (younger ones) use the family computer. We also have a D-Link wireless router.
My father is interested in filtering the crap out of the internet. This is a simple matter of installing Net Nanny on the computer that he owns (the family one), but not really possible for the ones we own. As far as I understand, the only way he could do it is if we all set him up as the administrator on our computers and allow him to install the software. Needless to say, this idea makes us cringe a little.
Is there any hardware/software out there that is like a wireless router with filtering software built in? Or is there another solution that I'm not thinking of? We need to filter the internet at its source.
Or does Net Nanny actually require a password for uninstall? Maybe he wouldn't need to be the administrator...
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I would suggest he creates an account at www.opendns.com . (It's completely free) The site offers website filtering on a variety of categories plus a lot of other features.
Then it's just a matter of setting up the router to use the DNS servers from opendns.com and then the whole network will be filtered.
If you need help configuring the router, please tell me the specific model name and I'll give it a look.
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Nifty! Thanks muchly.
Edit: Slight, problem. We have a D-Link 625. It doesn't appear on the list of D-Link routers on the OpenDNS site. They only have these ones:
DGL-4300
DI-604
DI-624
EBR-2310
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If they list the 624 it should work fine...
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Yeah it will work with pretty much any router. Opendns.com just doesn't have setup guides for all. Try one of the other D-link guides as patio suggests, chances are pretty good the setup is nearly identical.