Parental Control¶
Parental control feature available since V4.2
On the left side of web Admin Panel -> APPLICATIONS -> Parental Control
Local Version¶
The local version is provided by GL.iNet. It is currently in beta, so there is no additional cost. In this version, if you need to filter requests by application, you need to enter the domain manually.
Supported Models¶
| Router Model | Support |
|---|---|
| GL-B3000 (Marble) | √ |
| GL-MT6000 (Flint2) | √ |
| GL-X3000 (Spitz AX) | √ |
| GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) | √ |
| GL-AXT1800 (Slate AX) | √ |
| GL-A1300 (Slate Plus) | √ |
| GL-MT2500/GL-MT2500A (Brume 2) | √ |
| GL-SFT1200 (Opal) | - |
| GL-S1300 (Convexa-S) | - |
| GL-MT1300 (Beryl) | - |
| GL-AX1800 (Flint) | √ |
| GL-AR750S (Slate) | - |
| GL-XE300 (Puli) | - |
| GL-X750 (Spitz) | - |
| GL-B1300 (Convexa-B) | - |
| GL-AP1300 (Cirrus) | - |
| GL-X300B (Collie) | - |
| GL-MV1000/GL-MV1000W (Brume) | √ |
Setup¶
Make sure the time on your router is correct, otherwise, go to Time Zone and synchronize the time first.
Let's take two typical cases as examples here, and you can make adjustments to suit your situation.
Case 1¶
In the first use case, we will set up the device to be unable to access the internet by default.
We will create two rulesets, learning and play, then set the learning time from Monday to Friday from 8am to 11am, 6pm to 8pm of weekend is the play time.
Block WAN for Unmanaged Devices is used to block unmanaged devices from accessing the Internet.
The first time, it will have a setup wizard.
Give the profile a name.
Select the devices you want to manage, or manually add device by input their MAC address.
You should first connect these devices to the router, otherwise you will need to enter the MAC address manually.
The default ruleset of access is Block Internet Access. We create two rulesets here, which we will use later. Click Add a New Ruleset.
Specify the ruleset name, color, and a list of sites to block.
The domain names entered in the blocklist include their subdomains. For example, if "example.com" is entered, it also includes any subdomain, such as "subdomain.example.com".
Similarly, create another ruleset.
At this point, there will be a total of 4 rulesets. Choose Block Internet Access.
Then go to Set Schedule. Click Go to Set.
It is assumed that 8am to 11am Monday through Friday is the study time, and the ruleset here is Learning. Click Apply.
You will be taken to the edit page of the newly created profile.
It has created a schedule. Click Add Schedule
Add another ruleset to the schedule.
After apply, the Play schedules are shown below.
Click on the purple or green parts of the image above, and you can also modify it.
As shown below, click Parental Control at the top to return to the Parental Control page.
The image below shows the final configuration. You can modify existing profiles and rulesets, or add profiles and rulesets, as you see fit.
Case 2¶
In the second use case, we will set up the device to have restricted internet access by default. Then set the weekend evenings from 6pm to 8pm to play games and short videos. Bedtime, 9pm to 7am the next morning, will disable access to the Internet. See the video tutorial below.
Troubleshooting¶
There may be several reasons why the settings are not effective after being configured:
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DNS cache.
Browsers and operating systems have caches, so it takes some time for the changes to take effect. You can try clearing the cache to get it to take effect immediately.
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Perhaps the schedule for the profile you set has not yet arrived.
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The domain name you set may be incorrect.
While a website's domain name is public, the domain name used when an app calls an API is not. To resolve this, you will need to use a tool(e.g. Wireshark) to capture packets or search for it.
For example:
If you want to filter www.google.com, google.com is more appropriate than www.google.com
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If you have a device that uses a random MAC address for each connection, that will also disable the feature.
Bark Version¶
The Bark version, which is provided and managed by Bark on their own platform, offers the option to filter applications and websites with a single click and monitor request history. Please be aware that an additional subscription fee is payable directly to Bark for this service.
Bark Parental control feature available since v4.5.
Note: It's only available in the US, Australia, Guam, and South Africa.
Usage Scenarios¶
Bark features monitoring functionality for over 24 different applications and social media networks, which serves as a pre-set list of users under our local parental control feature.
With its logging function, it knows which client accessed which website during which time period, making it convenient for parents to view the logs and identify websites that are not in the blacklist list, and promptly add them to the scope of management control.
Supported Models¶
| Router Model | Support |
|---|---|
| GL-MT6000 (Flint 2) | √ |
Setup¶
On the left side of web Admin Panel -> APPLICATIONS -> Parental Control.
After selecting the bark version, enable and apply it.Both versions of Parental Controls cannot be enabled at the same time, and the another one will be automatically disabled when you switch versions.
Please note: Bark's service may not be available in certain countries. As GL.iNet is not the provider of this service, should you encounter any issues using Bark, kindly reach out directly to Bark's Technical Support for assistance.
The Bark service is enabled, but this device is not yet paired with any account. Please use the Device Pairing Link to pair this device with your Bark account.
The device is connected to Bark Cloud Services and paired with an account. Please Go to Bark and log in to the paired account to control access.
