We have a dsl modem and a westell router in our home. I want to block certain websites from my entire network. How do I do this ?
We have a dsl modem and a westell router in our home. I want to block certain websites from my entire network. How do I do this ?
Install K9 it’s free for home use. It also has a logging feature so you can tell what sites have been visited.
100% depends on the router…. you need to tell us what type, or read your manual, alot of home routers have that ability nowadays.
For each PC you could do this…
The simple way and free way is this
Go to this location
c: > WINDOWS > system32 > drivers > etc
Double click the HOSTS file
Tell it to open it with notepad
On the bottom add this
127.0.0.1 (THEN SITE NAME HERE)
i.e
127.0.0.1 yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 mail.yahoo.com
For more of joke, instead of using 127.0.0.1 you can use this number instead…. 74.124.208.140
Anyways, after you add all your sites do this
start > run > cmd > [enter] ipconfig /flushdns
Then try and go to your site.
I would be very leery about downloading programs off the internet that says it will block things.
http://www.theparentsedge.com/Block_Myspace.html
This is the directions the Christopher B gave, but in more detail and has a few pics. You can enter any website that you want blocked using this.
Also, there;s no need to go to start > run > cmd > [enter] ipconfig /flushdns as Christopher B has said. After entering the last website you want blocked, go to file and save. Exit all programs and reboot your system.
But any tech savy person can research the internet and find a way to undo this.
Several of my friends have bought ‘Family Cyber Alert’ at BestBuy, WalMart. It logs what is being typed, it takes screen shots of whats being looked at and more.
strongly recommend NetDog : http://www.netdogsoft.com , it’s easy, just add the website to “Always blocked website list” in NetDogAdmin.exe, none will be able to open it. Also you can set a password for NetDogAdmin.exe