Parental controls on iiNet Australia
It’s easy with Safe Surfer to setup parental controls on iiNet Australia. Along with protecting your privacy, we also use our own behind-the-scenes technology to block porn and other harmful online content. This guide will efficiently walk you through how to setup protection.
Check for an IP address on the bottom of your home router. This could be "192.168.0.1" or "192.168.1.1". Once you've found it, enter it into the address bar at the top of your web browser and log in with the username and password found on the router.
Next, you will be looking for a section that allows you to change the DNS settings. This could be under the Advanced tab > Network > Internet > IPv4 > Advanced.
For “Primary DNS”, type 104.197.28.121 into the text box.
For “Secondary DNS”, type 104.155.237.225 into the text box.
Click the Save button. If there is a section for IPv6, turn this feature off.
Verify the protection installation by visiting ExampleAdultSite.com inside a web browser. This is a safe website for testing to see if pornographic websites are being blocked. If it's not blocked, review the previous steps.
If you have any Apple devices (that is, iPhones, iPads, or Macs), and you're not directly protecting them via the Safe Surfer dashboard, you will also need to enable the Limit Adult Websites setting on those devices to disable the Private Browsing Mode feature for Safari—this feature ignores the Safe Surfer filtering received from your home router:
For each iPhone and iPad device, navigate to the Settings app > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions (and enable this feature if it’s not already turned on) > Store, Web, Siri & Game Center Content (on older devices, this menu is called Content Restrictions) > Web Content > set to Limit Adult Websites. Once you’re done, navigate back to the Screen Time main menu, which will save the changes.
For each Mac device, navigate to the System Settings app > Screen Time > Content & Privacy (and enable this feature if it’s not already turned on) > Store, Web, Siri & Game Center Content (on older devices, this menu is called Content Restrictions) > under Web Content, set Access to Web Content to Limit Adult Websites, then click the Done button at the lower-right corner. Once you’re done, navigate back to the Screen Time main menu, which will save the changes. Open the Safari app > click the Safari text on the left-hand side of the menu bar (at the top of the screen) > click the Quit option. Repeat this process for every user account on the Mac.
Want to sync block settings on the Safe Surfer dashboard? Find out how to install the Safe Surfer app on your devices by clicking this link.
Disclaimer: Safe Surfer Limited is in no way associated with iiNet Australia
Step 1: Configure DNS
Check for an IP address on the bottom of your home router. This could be "192.168.0.1" or "192.168.1.1". Once you've found it, enter it into the address bar at the top of your web browser and log in with the username and password found on the router.
Next, you will be looking for a section that allows you to change the DNS settings. This could be under the Advanced tab > Network > Internet > IPv4 > Advanced.
For “Primary DNS”, type 104.197.28.121 into the text box.
For “Secondary DNS”, type 104.155.237.225 into the text box.
Click the Save button. If there is a section for IPv6, turn this feature off.
Step 2: Verify the installation
Verify the protection installation by visiting ExampleAdultSite.com inside a web browser. This is a safe website for testing to see if pornographic websites are being blocked. If it's not blocked, review the previous steps.
If you have any Apple devices (that is, iPhones, iPads, or Macs), and you're not directly protecting them via the Safe Surfer dashboard, you will also need to enable the Limit Adult Websites setting on those devices to disable the Private Browsing Mode feature for Safari—this feature ignores the Safe Surfer filtering received from your home router:
For each iPhone and iPad device, navigate to the Settings app > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions (and enable this feature if it’s not already turned on) > Store, Web, Siri & Game Center Content (on older devices, this menu is called Content Restrictions) > Web Content > set to Limit Adult Websites. Once you’re done, navigate back to the Screen Time main menu, which will save the changes.
For each Mac device, navigate to the System Settings app > Screen Time > Content & Privacy (and enable this feature if it’s not already turned on) > Store, Web, Siri & Game Center Content (on older devices, this menu is called Content Restrictions) > under Web Content, set Access to Web Content to Limit Adult Websites, then click the Done button at the lower-right corner. Once you’re done, navigate back to the Screen Time main menu, which will save the changes. Open the Safari app > click the Safari text on the left-hand side of the menu bar (at the top of the screen) > click the Quit option. Repeat this process for every user account on the Mac.
Get more benefits and extra features
Want to sync block settings on the Safe Surfer dashboard? Find out how to install the Safe Surfer app on your devices by clicking this link.
Disclaimer: Safe Surfer Limited is in no way associated with iiNet Australia
Updated on: 19/11/2024
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