ZYXEL HS-100W NETWORK PARENTAL CONTROL ROUTER WITH
ZyXEL¼s HomeSafe Parental Control Gateways are Internet sharing gateway with built-in Parental Control enforcement features designed to provides customers with the most complete set of Internet parental control tools available today. It is designed to give parents the freedom to share Internet access with every member of their household and the peace of mind that comes with knowing that their Internet access rules are being enforced 24 hours a day. HomeSafe Parental Control Gateway allows parents to: Create separate parental control profiles for each member of the family. Manage what time of day family members can access the Internet. Limit how much time each family member can spend on the Internet. Control which Internet applications a family member is allowed to use. Block objectionable content based on a family member¼s maturity level. HomeSafe Gateway vs PC based Software Solution Until now parents wanting to manage their family¼s Internet usage needed to install a software-based solution on every PC in the house. With the average number of PCs per household increasing every day, purchasing separate parental control software packages is both difficult to manage and an expensive proposition. HomeSafe has been designed to deliver powerful parental control features at a single point of installation and management. In addition, HomeSafe gateways also provide all the standard routing features available on all ZyXEL Internet sharing routers. So there is no additional hardware require. The HomeSafe gateway can be connected directly to a DSL or cable modem to provide full Internet sharing functionality. How the HomeSafe System Works The HomeSafe system concept is simple. Parents create different user accounts for each family member and each account has its own set of access rules. HomeSafe Access Rules Include: Time-Of-Day - Parents can set rules to enforce when their people are allowed to access the Internet. Daily Access Allowance - Parents can set daily allowances to manage how much time each user is allowed to spend on the Internet, on any given day of the week. Once a user¼s daily allowance is used up, their Internet access will be disconnected and they will be logged off the HomeSafe system for the day. Application Level Control - Parents can block a user¼s access to certain online applications such as Web, email, chat rooms, peer-to-peer applications and online games. Web Content Filtering Parents can filter out objectionable web content by selecting from dozens of different content categories. Before any PC on the LAN is allowed access to the Internet, the user must first log into the HomeSafe Parental Control System. Once logged in, the user is subject to the access rules assigned to their login account. The access controls follow the user¼s login, not the PC. So, if family members are sharing the same PC, each person can have their own login account with a unique set of access rules.