I've got a couple of kids in the house, and the oldest one is getting old enough to get curious on the 'net. I've got a setup here I'm pretty happy with.

I'm running DD-WRT on my border firewall, and use OpenDNS to to parental filtering on the DNS side. OpenDNS now has a service called DNSoMatic, which updates multiple DDNS providers including OpenDNS. So, DD-WRT runs DDNS to DNSoMatic using a custom script as well as updating the DNS provider for realitycheckBBS.org.

DD-WRT gives the IP addresses for OpenDNS as DNS for my clients. I have all of my computers and systems configured with static DHCP reservations, so any system that's gotten a DHCP reservation in the open range is a kid's system.

OpenDNS has some nice logging capabilities of blocked sites, I'm considering showing the list of sites my son's tried to get to for shock value sometime.
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Under Access controls, I have the kids' systems configured for internet access between 9:00am and 6:00pm. Right now I'm using MAC addresses, but once I get all of the Apple TVs and set top stuff on static IPs, I'll apply that rule to the whole dynamic IP range.

There's one more rule across the range to disallow DNS redirection, so the kids couldn't change the DNS settings on their systems to point to another DNS server.

The bigger builds of DD-WRT include Privoxy, and I'm playing with that now.

The kids have a "safe" google account that's used on the set tops, with YouTube parental controls set. The kids log in with those credentials.

It's a start and gives me a little piece of mind, only using free software and services and an inexpensive router.

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Re: Home Routers
By: Poindexter Fortran to All on Sat Jan 28 2017 09:03 am

The bigger builds of DD-WRT include Privoxy, and I'm playing with that now.

The kids have a "safe" google account that's used on the set tops, with YouTube parental controls set. The kids log in with those credentials.

It's a start and gives me a little piece of mind, only using free software and services and an inexpensive router.

i wouldnt let any kid under the age of 17 use the internet without close supervision.

this is based on personal experience and what i've seen my friends go through. i also check phones and read emails. children are too young to be on the internet and have this technology.
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Re: Home Routers
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Jan 28 2017 01:46 pm

i wouldnt let any kid under the age of 17 use the internet without close supervision.

What's tough is that I can't control what happens at his mom's house. At least I can monitor things on my end and talk to him about what I see.

this is based on personal experience and what i've seen my friends go through. i also check phones and read emails. children are too young to be on the internet and have this technology.

Hell, sometimes I think I'm too young for this technology. I remember how completely obsessed people became with MUDs back in the '90s, to the point of jeopardizing their work and real world friends. I couldn't imagine being 14 again and having the unfiltered internet at my fingertips.

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Re: Home Routers
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Sun Jan 29 2017 09:43 am

Hell, sometimes I think I'm too young for this technology. I remember how completely obsessed people became with MUDs back in the '90s, to the point of jeopardizing their work and real world friends. I couldn't imagine being 14 again and having the unfiltered internet at my fingertips.

you can see stuff that will mess you up for life and not even be looking to see horrible things like that.

the internet is a bad place
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you can see stuff that will mess you up for life and not even be
looking to see horrible things like that.

the internet is a bad place

That pretty much sums up my experience, and that is only with facebook. :D



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Re: Re: Home Routers
By: Dumas Walker to Mro on Sun Jan 29 2017 06:51 pm

you can see stuff that will mess you up for life and not even be looking to see horrible things like that.

the internet is a bad place

That pretty much sums up my experience, and that is only with facebook. :D

facebook is ran by an evil jew who wants to take over the entire internet. still, it is what you make of it. everyone could drop facebook and just go to something else. sadly google keeps failing at social media.

maybe they can invent a new type of social media.
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Re: Re: Home Routers
By: Mro to Dumas Walker on Mon Jan 30 2017 12:05 am

facebook is ran by an evil jew who wants to take over the entire internet. still, it is what you make of it. everyone could drop facebook and just go to something else. sadly google keeps failing at social media.

wow... lets find this man a swastika patch and paint a little teeny mustache under his nose.. and yes, google + sucks..

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Re: Re: Home Routers
By: KK4QBN to Mro on Mon Jan 30 2017 08:33 am

Re: Re: Home Routers
By: Mro to Dumas Walker on Mon Jan 30 2017 12:05 am

facebook is ran by an evil jew who wants to take over the entire internet. still, it is what you make of it. everyone could drop facebook and just go to something else. sadly google keeps failing at social media.

wow... lets find this man a swastika patch and paint a little teeny mustache under his nose.. and yes, google + sucks..

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Re: Re: Home Routers
By: Mro to KK4QBN on Mon Jan 30 2017 02:35 pm

wow... lets find this man a swastika patch and paint a little teeny
mustache under his nose.. and yes, google + sucks..

hey, my family is largely jewish. what i say is true about facebook, though.

Thats why I was being a bit sarcastic.. nothing wrong with craching a joke every once in a while..


I'm pretty much a Mutt, I have blood from just about every continent in me (just as MOST EVERYONE in any colonized area does)

Thats why I find it so hard for people to get along. when it comes down to it.. we all come from the same stock.. Pretty much...

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Re: Re: Home Routers
By: KK4QBN to Mro on Mon Jan 30 2017 08:30 pm

hey, my family is largely jewish. what i say is true about facebook, though.

Thats why I was being a bit sarcastic.. nothing wrong with craching a joke every once in a while..

I'm pretty much a Mutt, I have blood from just about every continent in me (just as MOST EVERYONE in any colonized area does)

Thats why I find it so hard for people to get along. when it comes down to it.. we all come from the same stock.. Pretty much...

yeah my family lost everything and luckily some of them booked on out of there. they came to the usa with nothing and knew nobody.
my grandmother kept in contact with relatives in hungary but she's dead so
she was the only link to them.
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