Internet filtering at home Part 4
If you are just reading this post there is some good (OK, acceptable) background information on this in part one, two, and three.
Here is a list of equipment/software/services I use to access and filter the internet at home:
Component | Name | Purpose |
Modem/Router | Netgear 7550 | To connect to the internet over a phone line and provide a wifi signal for our internet-ready devices to connect to the internet |
Service | OpenDNS | A free service that allows for filtering at the router level. Without this service we would have to filter internet connections on every device that connects to it. A real pain for sure. |
Software/Service | Net Nanny | To provide finer-grained filtering for every web browser on our sole computer that has internet access. It allows for the application of different filter settings per user account on the PC. |
Software/Service | Avast Antivirus | Antivirus and antimalware service that is applied to all incoming traffic and content. |
Browser plugin | Adblock Plus | Filters out ads on websites that could be untoward or even offensive. It is a free plugin for all major browsers and it is used on our PC for Chrome and Firefox. |
Hardware | Devices that connect to the internet | Dell Latitude D620 Laptop, Samsung s390g phone, Wii, Kindle Fire, Nook Simple Touch |
Thanks for all of the online and offline comments. You have helped me remember about Adblock and Avast as good tools that I use in filtering the internet. And, please know, there are a million different ways to do this and my setup is by no means the one and only or even the best way to do this. Once you explore the topic a bit further you may find better tools to get the job done. If so please let me know! I do get questions about this on occasion and it would be nice to have some more tools in the tool bag for sure.
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