Parental Control testing?

[paul464646]

Would like to test DNS filtering is working under the parental control tab, (1) how can I check each device that's connected my router, its DNS path? (2) How can I validated Norton children setting work properly on each device, without typing a XXX web sites in?

Many thanks for your assistance.

Router= Asus RT-N66N
Merlin= 374.41

 

[Builder71]

I'm having best results with "OpenDNS Family" filter setting.

Do a ipconfig /flushdns and close your browser.
Then you can surf to http://www.opendns.com/welcome/ for validating you setting.

It should tell you:

"WELCOME TO OPENDNS!
Your Internet is safer, faster, and smarter
because you’re using OpenDNS.

Thank you!"​

But remember, nothing is perfect.

You could also try www.playboy.com it's not that offensive because you're not logged in.

Good luck.

 

[joyr1]

Two answers for this. If you are technical, you can use a tool like nslookup to verify the IP address of a known adult domain and see the results.

So for example, I am using CleanBrowsing and I can verify the nslookup of playboy like Builder71 suggested:

$ nslookup playboy.com
Server: 185.228.168.168
** server can't find playboy.com: NXDOMAIN

That means it worked (see NXDOMAIN).

The second answer is on how to test and confirm your DNS filter is good. I found this article comparing alternatives:

https://hackernoon.com/porn-filters...rowsing-norton-yandex-and-adguard-41f207062c4

Which I recommend reading when evaluating your choices. They include a long list of bad domains that you can check.