Wireless Cable Voice Gateway Model CBVG834G Adminstrators User Manual
Blocking Keywords, Sites and Services
The gateway provides a variety of options for blocking Internet content and communications to the
gateway. You can control access to Internet content by screening for keywords within Web
addresses; you also can block access to all sites except those that are explicitly allowed. Blocking
options include:
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Blocking access from your LAN to Internet locations that contain keywords that your specify.
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Blocking access to websites (domains) that you specify as off-limits.
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Allowing access to only websites (domains) that you specify as allowed.
You can block access to the Internet by a specific computer based on the hardware MAC address
of that computer. See
Blocking Keywords and Domains
You can restrict access to Internet content based on Web address keywords and domain names. A
domain name is the name of a particular website. For example, for the address www.netgear.com,
the domain name is NETGEAR.com.
Note: To configure Block Sites, you must be logged in as MSO.
To configure Block Sites:
1. Log in to the gateway by entering the default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1, the parent
user name of MSO, and default password of changeme or use whatever password and LAN
address you have chosen for the gateway in parent mode.
Protecting Your Network
"Using MAC Filtering to Block Access" on page
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