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Can I monitor which sites a child is accessing with T3200 router?
I've looked through the router settings and I can't see an ability to monitor which sites are being visited. I do see the Parental Controls but that only blocks sites a parent already knows about. Al...
You might need to seek tools on the device itself, rather than the modem. There are a variety of child-minding software applications which may better meet your needs.
Nighthawk
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Community Power UserMost routers will not have the feature to monitor what is being accessed. You need something more enterprise grade for that. You'll also find most kids can get around parental controls also. You could try installing software on your kids computer to monitor what they access but you still won't be able to block everything. If it's a tablet or phone, then it's much harder.
There are countless sites out there that have content that parents may object to their kids seeing. Depending on the age of your kids, they may have already seen some of that content as well, either at home or elsewhere. Often the best courses of action if your kids are old enough is to discuss inappropriate content with them, why they shouldn't be looking at it, and consequences if they do.
Thanks Nighthawk. My situation is more complex. The situation is a child accessing online content that is harmful to their mental health and they don't have the maturity to honour a promise not to visit those sites.
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You might need to seek tools on the device itself, rather than the modem. There are a variety of child-minding software applications which may better meet your needs.
- I know other routers have this ability. On my Linksys dashboard I can block sites on individual devices, ie my daughter can't watch YouTube on the fire stick but I can on my phone/laptop etc
Blorchito Your between a rock an a hard place. But is it not possible to do this on their search engines (google - firefox). They would probably sort the that out quickly. The internet is available all over the place maybe try to talk to a person that has good programing knowledge. I don't have your worry so good luck. Polecat
