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Using My Network, Access Device, Access Shared Folders, Website Blocking

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Actiontec Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Using My Network Various settings can be accessed for a particular device, as follows. Access Device For devices that can be accessed (such as Internet cameras and networked hard drives), locate it in the My Network column, then click Access Devices to use the device over the network. Access Shared Folders To access the shared folders on a particular device, locate the device in the My Network column, then click Access Shared Folders. A list of shared folders appears on the screen. Website Blocking Website blocking is used to prevent a device on the network from accessing particular websites on the Internet. To set up website blocking on a networked device, locate the device in the My Network column, then click Website Blocking. The "Blocked Website" screen appears. 1. Enter the website address (IP or URL) to block on the network (all pages within the website will also be blocked). If the website address has multiple IP addresses, the Router will resolve all additional addresses and automatically add them to the restrictions table. 2. To apply website blocking to a single computer or group of computers on the network, select them from the "Networked Computer/Device" drop-down list. 20

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Actiontec Wireless Broadband Router User Manual
Using My Network
Various settings can be accessed for a particular device, as follows.
Access Device
For devices that can be accessed (such as Internet cameras and networked hard
drives), locate it in the My Network column, then click
Access Devices
to use the
device over the network.
Access Shared Folders
To access the shared folders on a particular device, locate the device in the My
Network column, then click
Access Shared Folders
. A list of shared folders
appears on the screen.
Website Blocking
Website blocking is used to prevent a device on the network from accessing par-
ticular websites on the Internet. To set up website blocking on a networked device,
locate the device in the My Network column, then click
Website Blocking
. The
“Blocked Website” screen appears.
1.
Enter the website address (
IP
or
URL
) to block on the network (all pages
within the website will also be blocked). If the website address has multiple
IP
addresses, the Router will resolve all additional addresses and automatically
add them to the restrictions table.
2.
To apply website blocking to a single computer or group of computers on the
network, select them from the “Networked Computer/Device” drop-down list.