parental control

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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I want to buy MikroTik router for home use, I have 6 mobiles, 1 laptop, and 1 desktop
I have some questions about MikroTik routers:

  1. is MikroTik has a good parental control to prevent porn sites.
  2. Can I see browsing history for my children?
  3. Can I access online to router if I out of the home.
  4. What is the most suitable router for my use?
    Thanks,
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  1. There is no magic button in Mikrotik router settings that will block adult content on web sites. The easiest way to achieve that goal would be:
    a) enable DNS server on a router
    b) intercept all DNS requests from your home devices and redirect them to the router
    c) in the router settings instead of provider’s DNS servers specify those with filtering. Here is the article I found by quick googling. Please keep in mind that those companies may collect the DNS requests and use this information at their discretion.

  2. Using the approach mentioned above you’ll be able to see the list of domains in the router’s DNS cache without relation to specific device. Cache entries have an expiration time. You won’t see the URLs that your children type in their web browsers.

  3. Yes, if your ISP assigns a public IP address to your router.

  4. All MikroTik routers run RouterOS operating system, so you will get more or less the same set of features on all their devices. For home use I would recommend hAP ac2.

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Just use 1.1.1.3 and 1.0.0.3 as your DNS and you will have block malware and adult sites!

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https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families/

This works even better if you have a redirect of port 53 to your DNS, so user can not change their DNS to some other manually.
For anyone who like to pass this, just use VPN, f.eks Hola free VPN for Chrome. https://hola.org/
But it prevents accidental opening site that your should not open.