Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
These solutions end up being a complete mess a bunch of the time. Kids are much smarter than humans and will find a way to bypass your lock downs. They hack it or find some other way to get what they want. Then the adults will want to access sites that are not appropriate according to the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-06 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
March 6-7 - National Day of Unplugging Just pretend that it is National Day of Unplugging when youngsters are there. There is no way to accomplish blocking without some serious flaws. Responsibility is the need. Cultivate that and be happy. Things happen. Don't try to play fedgov in control.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-06 Thread LarryT via Mercedes
My NetGear has Parental controls also. Like you, our kids are also gone so I don't use the parental controls but I know they're there. When I 1st saw your email and came to Parental Controls' my 1st thought was you were dealing with some unruly parents! ;-) So far my netGear N450 has been

Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-06 Thread Tim Crone via Mercedes
On Mar 5, 2015 4:49 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: to this but I'm concerned about inappropriate use, particularly by the young folks. A little Google searching turned up SkyDog (no longer available), BUC Tools box or router (looks promising), iBoss router, and

[MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-05 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or inline box) for Wi-Fi at out church. My kids left home before the advent of the internet so I never had to deal with this. Our church decided to install internet service at the church, including Wi-Fi. There are several benefits to

Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-05 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 05/03/2015 3:49 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or inline box) for Wi-Fi at out church. . Our church decided to install internet service at the church, including Wi-Fi. There are several benefits to this but I'm

Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-05 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Scott wrote: I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or inline box) for Wi-Fi at out church. What capability are you looking for? On/off at set times each day? Content blocking of unsafe sites? White list of approved sites? Service filtering (no torrent, skype, FTP,