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cdysthe
Virtuoso
Oct 23, 2015

Trying to enable parental controls. Do I have to have access to Windows?

Hi,   I do not have access to any Windows machines and want to set up parental controls through OpenDNS. I have installed the Android app, but when I try to log in to my OpenDNS account my user nam...
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cdysthe
Virtuoso
Oct 27, 2015
I actually got Genie to run under Wine 1.6 on Linux. All functionality is there except for being able to set up parental controls.
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    DexterJB
    NETGEAR Moderator
    Oct 30, 2015

    Hi studdawg and cdysthe,

     

    You should be able to login to your OpenDNS account through the NETGEAR Genie and manage your LPC (Live Parental Controls) settings.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

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      cdysthe
      Virtuoso
      Oct 30, 2015

      Hi,

       

      The problem was that I was not able to log in using any method. It turned out it was a known problem that OpenDNS fixed as soon as they were made aware of it. From today I am able to log in and set up parental controls.