Device Naming This is where you can assign a friendly name and IP to the devices on your network for easy identification and management. You should only need to do this once per device. NOTE: You only need to do this on the devices you can’t already tell what they are. Android devices usually need to be renamed as per the example below. How it works: Go to Manage Device > Device Naming Choose your device from Select From Currently…
Kibosh Router 2.0 Upgrade Firmware / Reset to Factory Log into your Global Dashboard How to log into Global Dashboard Go to Manage Device > Upgrade Firmware If you have a lot of settings you don’t want to lose, choose Upgrade Firmware. 3. Upgrade Firmware, Clearing All Device Settings is like doing a factory reset and will wipe all settings. This is your best option if you’re having issues of any kind, and what I always use. NOTE: You can update…
Schedule Internet Access 1). How to schedule the Internet to shut off globally or per device. 2). How to turn the Internet off NOW. 3). Troubleshooting ⇐ Legend: Block All Hosts = this rule will turn the Internet off for everyone (be careful) Block Only The Following Hosts = on the PCs you choose will be affected by this schedule rule Block All Hosts Except = all PCs except the ones listed here will be affected by…
Web Usage Monitor Internet Activity in real-time, or historical going back at least 2 weeks. View activity for all devices, or specific devices. Enable Web Usage monitoring: Enable Web Usage > Monitor All Hosts Save Settings Recently Visited Websites: Display Hostnames OR Display Host IP = do you want to see PC device names, or their IP numbers? Recommended Setting: Display Hostnames Display All Hosts = show Internet activity for all devices OR click on Display All Hosts Drop-down and…
Connected Hosts Quickly see what is connected to your Kibosh Router. NOTE: When you first install your Kibosh Router many devices will show (unknown) for sometimes many hours. This is due to the nature of DHCP and each device will register with the Kibosh Router at different times. You can expedite this registration process by restarting the device. 3 columns: NAME = friendly identifier (this can be changed in Device Naming) IP = TCP/IP address used to communicate over the…
Port Forwarding If you need to allow access from the Internet to a device on your network. ← Global Dashboard ← Global Dashboard Help
Options PLEASE NOTE: Web Filter > Option settings are global and they will impact everyone. YouTube SafeMode: Off = no SafeSearch Moderate = videos flagged as adult in nature are blocked, comments are available. Strict = videos flagged as adult in nature are blocked, comments are also blocked. SafeSearch Lock-in enabled = blocks access to all non-SafeSearch enforced Search Engines except: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, YouTube. SafeSearch ensures no pornography will show up in image and video search results. Ad Blocker…
Category Let’s say you want to block access to all Social Networking sites. Instead of hunting down each website and adding it to your Blacklist, you can block the entire Category by checking a box. See list of Blockable Categories of Websites you can block (this list grows over time). ← Global Dashboard ← Global Dashboard Help
PLEASE NOTE: Web Filter > Blacklist settings are global and will impact everyone. Blacklist aka Domain Blocking How to block access to a website, or App by blocking the Domain Name. Blocking a website will usually also block the app. However, we recommend using parental controls on iOS and App Locks on Android, if you’re after App control. How to block Twitter Enter only the last part of the domain name – and nothing else. Add Save Filters In about…
