Until now, the different computers and children were equipped PCs via Fritzbox Internet filter IPMAC-based with different access profiles. The smallest one can still work with a whitelist, but older kids / teens aspiring course need a little more freedom and self-determination. Unfortunately, the blacklists was the BPJM list of Fritzbox very, very weak, leaving the first attempt obvious "adult sites" by. OpenDNS, however, is quite good individually configurable and includes a German supplement ("German Youth Protection"). But even there - typical American prudery - I had to turn extra-pack recommended German youth and education sides back to the local whitelist so they can get back through the filters.
I got v4 unlike advertised (v3) revision - do not know if there are differences. A firmware upgrade from 1.0.0.30 to * .50 was offered when connected and carried out without problems.
The Netgear hangs (not even directly) behind a cable Fritzbox 6360 as the primary router / modem, and has as clients only connected via powerline children PCs and possibly. The wireless cell phones / tablets during the rest of your home network (with now nearly 30 LAN & WLAN enabled devices - was surprised) with LAN, WLAN and 5GHz WLAN bridges at the Fritz box hangs. The Netgear is not configured as AP, but routes the "power Child" in the rest of your home network (and the router in the Internet). First I have a Netgear 192.168.100.1 instead of .1.1 and matching Netmasks / DHCP Ranges missed, so that its internal network is fairly isolated. Per direct IP you already have the equipment comes naturally from the kids' PCs on the network printer / NAS, etc. but in the subnet are of course not visible from the home network (all stuck behind the IP of the Netgear). The devices that depend on Netgear are now again completely blocked in the Fritz box - If you get lost sometimes in the wrong network.
The device itself, I now found not so gratifying (regardless of my more complex network scenario): The CD is really just links / docs - no programs - whereas the self-referring the router "Installation" Web page when you click the Child safety device at the "Genie" menu to install a (not just existing) utility program from the CD or from a web link - netgear dot com slash OpenDNS but a 404 delivers (!!!) - prompts. This is a minus-star for me. So google and netgear point OpenDNS dot com you will find then also links to software (Windows / Mac / iOS / Android) for download. In it you can then create the OpenDNS account, update the DNS server entry in the Netgear on the OpnDNS servers can be linked (from 192.168.1.1 DHCP Fritzbox serve ends) and the account with the own network / router.
Since OpenDNS the * external * IP home network (ie, for example, the cable modem to the outside world has) needs to the individual filter settings for the home network (or the part of the home network that has the OpenDNS server address as a DNS entry / to realize gets) I had before buying feared something like ddclient to have to on our Linux Samba server running as a Demon to inform OpenDNS an IP change ... but is not necessary; the Netgear router won with a connection change of the cable modem's external IP itself (actually amazing that he has noticed that) and seems OpenDNS also update accordingly. Anyway, he has already regained some IP change and sometimes restarts the various routers "his" OpenDNS configuration.
Under the address above (and not that of the documentation), you can then configure OpenDNS in its account (eg assign time slots for various customizable filter stages and his Black / whitelists Create). Everything is the way to operate in English. Check for updates at OpenDNS have to watch out a bit because the DNS requests are cached and so act accordingly immediately.
All in all I am satisfied - it runs like it should. Somewhat annoyed me were the unnecessary obstacles in setting up by consistently outdated links that lead nowhere, in combination with the lack of an alternative to installing from a CD and just not particularly comfortable configuration of the filter (had the illusion that, for example, about the utility itself to make). Of course you can also manually in some router models (not in the cable box) to set up the OpenDNS servers as DNS record and send over dynIP updater on a continuously running computer to the OpenDNS account belonging, current IP, but first, I only want protect a subnet and therefore needed anyway another router, secondly, I want everything in the have a device. And for the price runs the super.
