Good Suite With Parental Controls

I see you've set up OpenDNS on your router as noted in this thread.

If it were my daughter I would do the following:

1. Give your daughter a limited user account on the laptop.
2. Under a local Administrator account on that laptop, set the PC's DNS settings static, and pointed to the OpenDNS server IP's.
3. Keep the Dashboard settings/password to yourself.

That's it. Then no matter where she goes, she's locked down.

 

Good Advice +1

 

How do I set the PCs DNS settings static? She is running Vista Home Premium.

 

You need to try all solutions and choose one. Try F-Secure too.

 

Here's some instructions modified from the Web:

"Before you begin, you will need to be in an Administrator user account to make the following changes.

Step 1:
Open the start menu. Click Control Panel.

Step 2:
Double click Network and Sharing Center.

Step 3:
Single click Manage Network Connections on the left side of your screen.

Step 4:
You may have several network connections in this window.
Right-click on the one you use to connect to the internet (most likely will be the first one, Local Area Connection), then click Properties.

Step 5:
Click Internet Protocol 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then the Properties button.

Step 6:
You should see a dot in the Obtain an IP address automatically box. Leave it there.

Step 7:
Select "Use the following DNS Server addresses" box.
Enter the OpenDNS server IP's here.
Click OK, OK, CLOSE to save all the settings.

You may need to reboot your PC.

If you can't connect to the internet go back and change your configuration back to what it originally was."

 

Hi all, I've got mine and my 2 sons computers setup on this via the router (wired) and also have the router updating the ip using ddns (dyndns) all works great except for a wireless laptop that is connected to the net using the same router its as its not using opendns. I know I can most likely set up the ip on the laptop but would rather have it using the router to do it. can anyone tell me why it doesn't work? I have the static dns setup correctly and it works for the wired, shouldn't all devices going thru the router be using it? the router is a linksys WRT54GX4 thanks.

 

1. If your router is acting as a DHCP server make sure the DNS IP settings it is handing out are those of the OpenDNS servers. By default, most routers will hand out the DNS IP's of the ISP.

2. Make sure the DNS settings on the laptop's wireless connection (yes, it will be different than the wired connection) are set to get the DHCP settings from your router. (ie: 'automatic')

3. Make sure you don't have a nearby unsecured wireless connection (next door?) that the laptop is picking up its connection from via DHCP! If it is, set the DNS up on that laptop as in my previous post.

 

It was the DNS setting, had to change it to automatic.... I thought that would not matter since the DNS was changed to use opendns and everything connecting to the router would be using it.