The pcWRT router helps you to keep your home network clean by blocking pornography and other harmful contents, and to make it more secure by configuring access control rules.It is a standalone router just like other general purpose routers. It does not depend on our infrastructure (cloud or otherwise) to function. There's no subscription fee. You buy it, you own it!CONTENT FILTERINGBlock pornography and other harmful contents with OpenDNS or Norton ConnectSafe. Fine tune content filtering with local white/black lists.AD BLOCKEnable ad blocking on your network with a single click. No software or configuration needed!ENFORCE SAFE SEARCHTurn on Google, Bing and YouTube safe search with the click of a button.PAUSE THE INTERNET, SCHEDULE INTERNET ACCESSYou may pause/resume Internet with a single click. Or, set up different Internet access schedules for specific users and specific web sites.SECURE YOUR NETWORKYou can segregate your home network by creating a Guest WiFi network and/or VLANs. Shield your main network from the security risks of IoT devices by putting them on an isolated network.MONITOR NETWORK USAGEView logs of Internet access and bandwidth consumption by device and time of day.
S**F
Effortlessly ends fights over wifi access
I received this last week, but just got it hooked up today. My tech savvy fifteen year old helped with the install, but the instructions were clear and easy to follow. Within minutes, I linked and named devices which are now easy to sort into individual profiles.I have four children, ranging in age from 11 to 17. Between phones, smart tvs, computers, kindles, gaming consoles, and school-issued surface pros, we have 15-20 devices connected to our wireless network at any given time.Before installing this, keeping track of who was on the internet with what device was tricky. Kindles were slipped under covers after bedtime and instead of reading bedtime stories, kids were visiting YouTube and Facebook. Monitoring precisely where each child was allowed to visit was nearly impossible, especially as a working single mother. This device really helps to meet my needs in reining in the internet to keep my kids safe.I can set up as many profiles as I want or need. So far I have a default setting for each of the kids. This includes where they can visit and what times they can visit. I can set up multiple calendars for each kid - allowing certain websites for school during more extended hours but limiting social media visits to more restricted hours. I can limit or extend tv viewing with a few clicks on my phone or computer. And I can see any rogue devices that are on my network and control their access.I can move devices over into a "grounded" profile should the need arise. I can open up extra time to reward good behavior or soothe a sick child. I love the level of finesse this allows me to exercise with my parenting. I love the device automatically kicking certain devices off the network when the allotted time window is closed. My kids are not quite so thrilled. :-)Should a child try to access a restricted website, I can set the message they get to see. Should they try to access the internet during a time they are not allowed access, they can get a different message. My current one reminds them to find something else to do, like read a book or play outside.In a time when technology is moving faster than ever, this really helps me to parent more effectively.
S**Y
Lifesaving product, superb personalized service
This router has saved my mama-skin SOO many times! I have eight children, (six boys) and we need GOOD filtering, EASILY ENFORCED bedtimes on all our devices, and the ability to blacklist instagram etc. on devices meant for solely for homework. This PCWRT has become my favorite tool because I can create default settings that apply to everything using the house wi-fi, without having to set that up on each individual device. Right now with remote learning, we routinely have 7 laptops going, 5 phones, and 2 smart TVs (with an Amazon Firestick). This wonderful router cares more about my kids than Google (whose parental controls are awful) and I can even keep my college student from surfing at 2 am just by a household wifi bedtime (without having to enter her personal laptop space.) Internet coverage seems wide and reliable, since our home is about 4500 square feet. We have subscribed to Open DNS family filtering for free, and this router accepts that partnership.I would recommend this to ANY parents, and believe the controls to be MUCH better than those offered by other routers. The tech support people are WONDERFUL at getting back to me personally with quickly. Recently, I had enabled a setting which inadvertently blocked Google Meet online conferencing (required for class remote learning) and so I sent an inquiry to pcwrt folks and they got back to me within just a few hours with a quick and accurate fix.
P**T
Very limited wifi strength.
Setup was simple and the instructions were pretty good. Overall, the features seemed to be pretty decent, but I didn't get to fully test them as the wifi signal strength was just too weak for my needs. I have a pretty central location in my house for the router and the only room that was really well supported by the signal strength was the office where the router is located. In fact, my really cheap Frontier wifi/router had better signal strength than this unit.I ended up buying the Netgear Nighthawk X4 instead and it has tremendous wifi strength. While I think the parental control features are not quite as good, those features work well enough and the wifi strength is more than sufficient for my needs. It is nearly twice the cost though so, there is that.Overall, if you really want the features of this router, I'd suggest looking at range extenders as well.
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