Since all devices on the home network go through the router in order to connect to the Internet, the router is the best place for parental control filtering. In contrast to parental control software, which you have to install and configure on each and every device, you only need to set up parental control once on the router and it controls all devices on your home network.

With pcWRT, parental control is built in the firmware, so there's no software to install. Simply hookup and configure. And because all the control and filtering is done at the router, there's no performance degradation on your computer or other types of computing device you might use.

OpenDNS pioneered the method of content filtering with DNS service. To use OpenDNS as your content filter, simply choose "OpenDNS Family Shield" from the DNS Servers dropdown in the Parental Control page.

Alternatively, you can use Norton ConnectSafe DNS service instead if you prefer. Simply choose Norton ConnectSafe from the DNS Servers dropdown.

The good thing is, both OpenDNS and Norton ConnectSafe are available for free.

Furthermore, pcWRT allows you to override DNS filtering with black and white lists you define. And there's no limit on the number of entries in either list.

Other DNS services are supported through manual configuration.

Undesirable content may creep up during search. That's why Google offers the SafeSearch option to filter out search results that are not appropriate for children.

However, if you ever tried to set up and lock SafeSearch for your children, you know how tedious it can be. Not only you have to do it for each device, but also for each browser on each device. Not only that, your SafeSearch locks are easily bypassed by opening an incognito window.

With pcWRT, you only need to tick the "Safe search" checkbox. And it's enabled and locked for all devices, all browsers, and no bypass with incognito window.

Many parents want their children to spend less time on social networking, gaming or video sites. And maybe spend more time on schoolwork.

With pcWRT, you can create different schedules for different web sites. Simply create a calendar, then add domain names to the calendar. For example, you might want to create a "Social Network" calendar to limit access to certain times during the day, then add facebook, twitter, instagram and snapchat into it.

You can make changes to any calendar at any time, and the changes take effect immediately after you save them.

Did you ever worry that while you are sleeping, the kids are still online waiting for the conclusion of a absorbing episode? Or trying to win a final victory in a game?

Did it ever happen that little Johnny is having a test today in school, but he didn't sleep much last night because he can't quit chatting with friends on snapchat?

The Internet needs sleep too. With pcWRT, you can put it to sleep for the kids only, while you still have the privilege to do whatever you want. Unfair? Well, that's only an option.