How do I set up parental controls for my wireless home network?

The Internet can be a wonderful tool for children of all ages. However, because so much of the easily accessible content is not appropriate for children, there’s a danger in letting kids explore the web without limits. That’s why we make it easy (and free) for you to set up and manage parental controls for your wireless home network.

You can set up parental controls through Cogeco Security services, available at no cost for Cogeco Internet customers. Follow these steps to set up parental controls on your computer:

1. Open Cogeco Security services from the computer or laptop you wish to control.
   
2. Select Browsing Protection, located at the bottom of the page.
   
3. Select the user whose Internet use you want to manage, then select Settings.
   
4. Locate the Parental controls, then select your preferred settings from the following 3 categories: Content blocker, Search result filter and Time limits.

About Content Blocker:

• Enable this feature by setting the ON/OFF slider to the ON position.
• Select your blocking option from Block web content (you can block content based on the selected checkboxes) or Allow only selected websites (so users can only visit the websites you list).

About Search result filter:

• Enable this feature by setting the ON/OFF slider to the ON position.
• This feature ensures that search websites (e.g. Google and Yahoo) are always using the SafeSearch “strict” level when returning search results.

About Time limits:

• Enable this feature by setting the ON/OFF slider to the ON position.
• Mark the days and times when the computer or Internet can be used, as well as the maximum amount of computer time allowed per day.
• Once a user has reached their maximum usage allowance, you can choose whether the computer is locked entirely for this user, or if only web browsing is blocked.

Don’t have Cogeco Security services yet? Go to My Account and follow these steps.