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The demise of Jawbone, a case of crappy products
Posted on July 14, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Technology.Jawbone, invested by top-tier venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, once valued at more than $3bn, closed its doors, leaving customers hanging. Some attributed its failure to “overfunding“, others blamed a shrinking wearables market. But in our opinion, the reason is simple and dry – it’s a case of crappy products. […]
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The Torch router is dead, and why pcWRT is better
Posted on June 2, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Technology.The Torch Router started out as a Kickstarter campaign in October 2015, and started shipping in October 2016. On May 9, 2017 some Torch users received emails informing them that Torch ceased operations. On May 31, 2017 it went completely dark, to the dismay of many. Since we also offer a parental control solution on […]
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Configure AT&T NVG510 DMZ/Bridge to the pcWRT
Posted on January 31, 2017 by pcwrt in How To, Router.Connect the pcWRT to the NVG510 (as usual, pcWRT WAN to NVG510 LAN). Connect a computer to the pcWRT. Either WiFi or wired connection is OK. Open a browser and enter http://192.168.1.254 In the Device page, click Device List. In the Device List page, find the pcWRT and copy or write down the MAC address. […]
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How to test whether or not your OpenDNS settings are working
Posted on August 14, 2016 by pcwrt in How To, Technology.This is probably the easiest way to check that your computer is using OpenDNS: open a browser and enter https://www.opendns.com/welcome/. If you are using OpenDNS, you’ll see something like this: If you are not using OpenDNS, you’ll see something like this:
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What to look for in a parental control router?
Posted on August 13, 2016 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.With the proliferation of digital gadgets at home, more and more parents turn to parental control on the WiFi router as a solution to managing children’s online experience. If you do some research, you’ll find a number of choices in this category. That’s the good news – more options are available now than before. But […]
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Making it easy to set up your home WiFi network
Posted on May 27, 2016 by pcwrt in How To, News, Technology.We are thrilled that PC Magazine recently ran a review of our router product. In summary this is what they said: The Peace Wireless Router applies content filtering and Internet time scheduling to every device on your home network, but getting it configured requires some serious tech expertise. While we are happy about the first […]
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How to set Internet time limit on NETGEAR router
Posted on December 18, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, Router.If you use NETGEAR Genie, there’s a Parental Controls button in the home page. Clicking that button will lead you to https://netgear.opendns.com, if you already created an account with OpenDNS. NETGEAR Genie will ask you to create an OpenDNS account if you haven’t done so. After you land on the OpenDNS page, it will let […]
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How can I block Minecraft through the router?
Posted on December 16, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, Parental Control.Some parents voiced concerns that their children spent too much time playing Minecraft. They asked how to block Minecraft at the router. Unfortunately, there’s no sure way to block Minecraft at the router, especially in single player mode. If a user is already logged in, Minecraft single player can be played without an Internet connection. […]
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How to set Internet access time limits in pcWRT
Posted on December 14, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control.The pcWRT router provides powerful controls to set time limits for Internet access. As such, some parents find it confusing at first. So in this post, I’ll present some usage scenarios step-by-step. Scenario 1: Set an overall schedule for the Internet Let’s assume that you want the Internet to be available from 7:00am to 11:00pm […]
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How do Yahoo, Bing and Google SafeSearch compare to each other?
Posted on August 13, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.Trust me, if you have young kids at home, you want to turn on SafeSearch for the search engines. No, you don’t have to enter nasty words to get nasty results. Searches with innocent words can bring nasty results to your screens. Try “american video”, “european video”, “latin video”, “asian video” and see for yourselves. […]
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