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Keeping their children safe online is important to parents. Many manufacturers of home networking products have acknowledged this fact and have added tools to help parents restrict access to certain web sites, as well as monitoring or restricting the times children have access to the Internet. Instructions for setting up these controls vary by manufacturer and are not available on all home networking equipment. For your convenience, 24HourSupport.com has compiled a list of network equipment that includes parental controls or timed surfing features. Click on the links below to view specific instructions and information on the type of activities that may be restricted. Linksys - WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router
- WRT100 RangePlus Wireless Router
- WRH54G Wireless-G Home Router
- WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router
- BEFSX41 EtherFast Firewall Router
D-Link Belkin Netgear - RP-614 4-Port Web Safe Router
- WGR-614 Wireless-G Router
- WGU624 Double Firewall Wireless Router
- WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Router
- WNR834B RangeMax Wireless-N Router
- WNR854T RangeMax Next Wireless-N Router Gigabit Edition
Certain versions of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system also include Parental Controls that allow parents to restrict access to the computer during certain times, limit content and sites that can be viewed on the Internet and block access to certain games or programs installed on the computer. To learn more about the versions of Vista that include Parental Controls and to view instructions for setting controls, please visit Microsoft.com. The latest version of the Mac OS X Leopard also includes parental control features that enable parents to both restrict and monitor what children do while on a Mac computer. To learn more about the feature, please visit apple.com.
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