Protecting & Monitoring Your Wireless Network
SURFboard® SBG6400 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway • User Guide
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Note: Selecting Off will disable firewall protection on your home network. Your computer(s) and other
Ethernet-enabled devices on your network will be at risk for possible attacks from viruses and hackers.
3. Select each Web filter that you want to set for the firewall and then click Apply.
Set Up Parental Controls
You can set up the following Parental Controls on your home network:
• Allow or block access to specific Internet sites.
• Allow or block access to specific MAC addresses.
• Set time limitations for computer usage or Internet access
Note: Any Parental Control filters that do not include assigned ports, will apply to all ports. This also applies
to MAC addresses as well.
You can also link each user on your network to specified rules for login, time-access, and content
filtering. See Parental Control for more information.
To set Parental Controls:
1. From any screen, click the Firewall-Parental Control menu link or click the Firewall menu button
on the SBG6400 Main Menu and then select Parental Control.
Figure 33 – Parental Control-Change Time Zone Screen
2. Click Current Time Zone drop-down button to select your time zone.
3. Select Yes or No to automatically adjust the time for Daylight Saving Time.
4. Click Create to continue setting up Parental Controls (see Figure 34).
5. Enter a name for the user profile that you want to create in the Description field.
6. Enter the 12-digit (hexadecimal) MAC address of the device for which you are creating Parental
Controls in the MAC Address field.
