Parental controls

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Mp4

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Hi all,

I'm wanting more control over the devices in the house and uses of YouTube and other sites. Either something to connect to the router.

I have a bt hub 5 but I don't really want to use the bt parental controls.

If possible something I can use via an app to set it on and off when needed.

Tia
 
Best to buy a router with decent parental controls. A Draytek 2860 is great for this but not cheap and complicated to setup. The Synology RT2600AC has parental controls that you can control via an android/iOS app and is easy to turn on and off, again this is also not cheap.
 
id rather have hardware protection my end instead of BT

Silly question if i buy a new router how do they compare to Hub5? and how can i get my username & password off BT router etc?

Draytek 2860 - :o whoa £200! :o
 
Have you looked at something like netnanny instead of a hardware solution?

A friend used this for a few years and you can't tell it's running to the end user.
 
Orcvader said:
A quick look shows it works as a browser: https://www.netnanny.com/support/ios/

They recommend disabling Safari so the only way to browse the net is via Net Nanny's browser.
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Yeah that's a pretty big limitation. Lots of other ways of getting to the Internet, not to mention the individual apps... Ugh thinking about this stuff gives me the heebie jeebies. My 4 and 6 year old daughters are growing up so fast...
 
Thanks all,

Any idea how i can find out my BT login/passwords etc Ill save for the routers above it seems to be the right way forward.

Also would these work on BT infinity 2x / 75mbps?



I've looked at other hardware options

Disney Circle and other alternatives but some do not work in UK
 
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Synology RT2600AC is probably you best bet as the iOS App / Android App are very good for changing the parental controls easily. They are also excellent for regular software updates and added a load more parental control options today.

You would also need to buy an Openreach HG612 modem to go with it if you don't already have one.
 
That's slightly annoying, why another modem?

Or would this be the case with any router I buy?

I have an openreach modem no idea where it is though or even might have thrown it. just the hub 5 connected

The netgear Nighthawks look good too!
 
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The parental controls on Netgear are pretty poor. The Synology RT2600AC has a lot of advantages as you can manage it remotely via the App, it also stores the web history so you see what they have been doing.

The Draytek 2860 has a built in modem so doesn't require the Openreach HG612.
 
It does sound good pcfarrar, just the extra modem puts me off ideally id like an all in one. Ill have a look at the Draytek
 
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