[Sussex] Parental control via router woes

[Pybe]

Have a look at opendns you can use it for free to do this and it works  
great on any device connecting through the router.

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On 3 Jul 2009, at 08:05 PM, Gavin Stevens <starshine at gavmusic.uklinux.net 
 > wrote:

> I tried to use the option on my router (Netgear DG834) to block some  
> sites by using keywords & also a few site URLs.
>
> After setting this up I tried it out on my Windows XP machine  
> running IE8 (it's for work only) & the keyword blocking works fine,  
> but using Firefox or Seamonkey, either on Windows or Linux, results  
> in every site (even Google) being blocked by the router irrespective  
> of any keywords.
>
> Not being an expert in these matters, what does IE8 have or not have  
> compared to Firefox or Seamonkey that causes this difference & is  
> there a way I can alter settings in Firefox & Seamonkey so that they  
> will be able to work with the keyword blocking from the router?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Gavin.
>
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