I want to block some websites on my home network. I used to use the HOSTS file, which worked fine up to a point, although it was a pain maintaining the file up to date. Then I looked at DNSKong, which seemed really good on paper, but I never managed to set it up properly.
Then I got a Netgear DG834g router (magic!) and found the 'Block sites' function very functional. However it seems to block some sites even though there is nothing sinister in the URLs. I did some basic testing and found for example that entering 'sex' as one of the keywords frequently (but not always) prevents access to the
Anybody come across this problem before? Is it a design problem (unlikely?) or I have not got the router setup properly? I'm using XP and Firefox, and I have two PCs wired into the router.
Does anybody use DNSKong behind a NAT router? If so can they please give me some pointers into how to set up the IP address etc? I have done a lot of reading on the subject, but have ended up even more confused!
Grateful for all input. Thanks
HS