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Netgear Genie + Parental Controls Vs My PlayStation 4
I have Parental Controls setup for my router/home network. I understand the Bypass logins (I've created a few for very select members of my household). However, no matter what I do, I cannot figure o...
- The parental controls work by filtering DNS lookups at OpenDNS servers. Therefore, you can bypass them by overriding the DNS servers on your PS3.
On your PS3, go to Settings > Network Settings> Internet Connection Settings and proceed to set up custom settings for DNS. You can use your ISP's DNS servers (they will probably have the lowest latency) or use Google's (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4), or pick your favorite. But not OpenDNS! :-)
The parental controls work by filtering DNS lookups at OpenDNS servers. Therefore, you can bypass them by overriding the DNS servers on your PS3.
On your PS3, go to Settings > Network Settings> Internet Connection Settings and proceed to set up custom settings for DNS. You can use your ISP's DNS servers (they will probably have the lowest latency) or use Google's (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4), or pick your favorite. But not OpenDNS! :-)
On your PS3, go to Settings > Network Settings> Internet Connection Settings and proceed to set up custom settings for DNS. You can use your ISP's DNS servers (they will probably have the lowest latency) or use Google's (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4), or pick your favorite. But not OpenDNS! :-)