Technical Support Archives – Page 5 of 13

Windows 10

April 2, 2018

How to protect Windows 10 with Kibosh Internet Security. 1. Right click the Start menu and select Network Connections. 2. On the left-hand side click Ethernet, in Ethernet click Change adapter options. 3. Right click the network connection you’re using and select Properties. 4. Highlight ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)’ and click Properties. 5. Select Use the following DNS server addresses and type Kibosh Open Nameservers in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields. 6. Click…

NetGear General Web Interface

April 1, 2018

Scott

How to Guides, Router Config

Type the router’s setup URL (http://192.168.0.1) into a web browser address bar. http://192.168.0.1 is the default Netgear router IP address. (http://192.168.1.1 will work for some Netgear models.) 2. Enter the password. 3. Type in Kibosh Nameserver addresses in Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields. If you do not see the following screen, click on Basic Settings. If the options are not present and your device is supplied by your Internet provider, the ability to set custom DNS servers may have been disabled. Please write…

How to change SSID.

March 15, 2018

Scott

How to Guides, Router Config

The default Kibosh WiFi SSID is ‘krn600‘, and the default password to join is ‘abcd0001‘. You can change these settings if you want to. You must be connected to your Kibosh appliance either via WiFi or Ethernet cable. Open your browser to http://192.168.10.1 and login using the password ‘password‘ Go to Connection > Basic Look for the Wireless section (see image below) Change the SSID to whatever you want This is the name of the WiFi network all devices…

Avast

March 6, 2018

Scott

How to Guides, Trouble Shooting

Avast will interfere with Kibosh filtering if you have turned on all their Core Shields. This is because Avast, in case you didn’t know, if sending all – ALL – of your Internet traffic through their servers, i.e. Avast is essentially a VPN which will tunnel through any filter. With Kibosh protecting your Internet all you need going forward is local antivirus, and the non-subscription kind. Kibosh blocks the bad stuff before you download it, local antivirus works (hopefully)…

Kibosh Router Emergency Recovery Step by Step Windows.

February 28, 2018

Scott

How to Guides, Router Config

Detailed instructions for Windows PC. First, you need to set a static IP on the PC you’ll be working from: Click here to download Putty client. Plug one end of an Ethernet cable into the Kibosh router’s LAN port, and the other end into your PC NIC Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center Select Change Adapter Settings Right-click on the Ethernet adapter plugged into the Kibosh Router, and choose Properties This will bring up Ethernet Properties…

Spectrum Router

February 10, 2018

Scott

Router Config

Spectrum Router Log into the router usually found at http://192.168.1.1 using the default admin / admin If address does not work – how to find your routers address. Choose Internet settings (see image #1) Manually specify DNS Enter Kibosh Nameserver (see image #2) Apply Image #1 Image #2

Device Naming

February 7, 2018

Scott

How to Guides, Web Filter Settings

Kibosh Router / Cloud / 360 owners can manage devices on their networks by doing things like scheduling Internet access times. These rules are assigned to a device’s IP, and if that IP changes the rule will stop working. So, for Parental Control rules to work correctly, long term, you will want to assign a static IP / Name to each device you want to manage. Video: How to assign a name & IP to a device for Parental Controls (2.41m).…

How to test the Kibosh Filter.

January 29, 2018

Scott

How to Guides

A quick, and safe way to verify Kibosh filtering is active on your Internet, and / or device is by going test.kibosh.net Just type test.kibosh.net into your browsers URL bar: If Kibosh is working you will get this message: If you don’t see this page double-check your setup. You can run this test from any device using a router protected by Kibosh or a mobile device with our VPN. NOTE: Type test.kibosh.net into your URL bar, not https://test.kibosh.net.

Actiontec Modem / Router

January 23, 2018

Scott

Router Config

Log into the modem / router Advanced Setup WAN Settings Set the DNS type Static Kibosh Nameserver Kibosh Nameserver Apply Go to www.info.com and search for abcd1234 – you should get the Kibosh Success message.

How to block Top Level Domains (TLD).

January 15, 2018

Scott

How to Guides

There is a growing list of domains available to purchase, these are called Top Level Domains (TLD). Examples: .com, .org, .info, .edu, .mil, .au, .ca, etc. With Kibosh you can easily block any TLD you don’t want exposure to. This is an excellent way to reduce your online threat vector, i.e. if you block a TLD this blocks all websites hosted on that TLD. List of current TLDs. How to block TLD: Log into your MyFilter Dashboard in your…