Introduction

Parental control in a Wi-Fi gateway device enables monitoring and management of internet access for connected devices within a network. It allows administrators to restrict inappropriate content, set usage schedules, and control online activity, ensuring a safer and more controlled internet environment for users, especially children.

Procedure for Testing

Managed Sites 

• Enable Managed Sites under Parental Control > Managed Sites
• Under Blocked Sites, click on 'Add' button and enter the URL to be blocked and click on save.
  • Verify if the added URL is not loading in connected client.
• Under Blocked keyword, click on 'Add' button and enter the keyword to be blocked and click on save.
  • Verify if the added keyword is not loading in connected client
• Enable Trusted for the Active clients and verify the Trusted Computers
  • Verify if on the Trusted device (marked as YES) the above blocked URL & keywords are loading

Managed Services

• Enable Managed Services under Parental Control > Managed Services tab
• Under Blocked Service, click on 'Add' button and enter any service to be blocked.
• For Ex: Enter below values
  User Defined Service: ssh
  Protocal : TCP
  Start point : 22
  End Point : 22
  • Verify ssh to the connected client, ssh should not work.
• Enable Trusted for the Active clients
  • ssh should work for the trusted devices

Managed Devices

• Enable Managed Devices under Parental Control > Managed Devices tab
• When Access Type  'Block All' is enabled
  • All connected clients should be blocked and internet should not work
• Click on 'Add Allowed Device' and add the 'Auto Learned device' and save it
  • Internet should work on Added allowed client device
• When Access Type 'Allow All' is enabled