Block Sites Help
If you want to limit access to certain sites on the Internet, you need to set up content filtering. There are two ways to filter content:
- blocking access to certain domains (for example, pornoXXXsiteXXX.com) or
- blocking sites that contains certain words (like profanity or explicit sexual material).
When users try to access a blocked site, the page will not be displayed and they may see the message “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage”.
To Enable Block Sites:
- Click Per Schedule to turn on Block Sites and block according to the settings on the Schedule page.
- Click Always to turn on Block Sites to allow blocking all of the time, independent of the Schedule page.
Note: On the Schedule page you can set when keyword and domain name blocking occurs.
To Disable Block Sites:
- Click Never to turn off Block Sites.
To Block Keywords or Internet Domains:
- Select when to turn on Keyword Blocking (Never, Per Schedule, or Always).
- In the box where you see Type Keyword or Domain Name Here, type the word or domain name you want to block.
- Click Add Keyword.
- The word or domain name will appear in the list below.
- Continue adding names and keywords until you are finished.
- Click Apply when finished.
Block List - The list under the heading "Block Sites Containing these Keywords or Domain Names" contains the current list of items to block.
To Delete A Keyword or Domain Name:
- Select the word or domain name in the list.
- Click Delete Keyword.
- Continue selecting and deleting names and keywords until you are finished.
- Click Apply.
To Delete All Keywords and Domain Names:
- Click Clear List.
- Click Apply.
To Allow One Computer To Have Unrestricted Access To The Internet:
- Select the Allow Trusted IP Address To Visit Blocked Sites check box.
- Type the IP address of the computer in the Trusted IP Address area.
You should only need to type a number in the last box. - Click Apply.
To Allow Unrestricted Access To The Internet:
- Select Never in the Keyword Blocking menu.
- Click Apply.
