How to Set Up Parental Controls on a Comcast Gateway
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Introduction
- Set up Parental Controls on your Comcast Xfinity Gateway.
- Be at your computer.
- Have your Gateway username and password.
- Have your Comcast username and password.
1 Parental Control Method
The Xfinity Wireless Gateway offers two ways to access the parental control options. While both accomplish much the same thing, one may look more friendly, or be more convenient to you.
All the parental controls are available in either method you choose, it's only personal taste how you want to look at them.
? Which method would you like to use to access your parental control settings?
- Set up Parental Controls on your Comcast Xfinity Gateway.
- Be at your computer.
- Have your Gateway username and password.
- Have your Comcast username and password.
The Xfinity Wireless Gateway offers two ways to access the parental control options. While both accomplish much the same thing, one may look more friendly, or be more convenient to you.
All the parental controls are available in either method you choose, it's only personal taste how you want to look at them.
- Open your browser, type 10.0.0.1 into the address bar at the top, then push Enter or Return.
- Enter your Username and Password, then select Login.
The default Username is "admin".
The default Password is "password".
Enable Parental Controls
- Select Parental Control on the left, it will expand to show different sections you can select.
There are three sections shown here, Managed Sites, Managed Services, and Managed Devices, to help you manage your child's Internet access.
Unless you know, specifically, the exact ports a service uses (such as a game, or a particular task such as FTP, this section may not provide much utility to modern Internet activity.
Computers added to the "Trusted Computers" section at the bottom will always be able to browse these sites without restriction.
There are four parts to setup to use Parental Controls with xFi on your Wireless Gateway.
- Identify Devices
- Create Profiles
- Assign Each Device to a Profile
- Setup Parental Control Schedules on a Profile
- Open your browser, type xfinity.com/myxFi into the address bar at the top, then push Enter or Return.
- Enter your Comcast Username and Password, then select Sign In.
- Select Devices at the top.
- Select Personalize at the top right.
- Select the device you'd like to name.
- Enter a name for your device, select a category for the device, then select Continue.
- Once personalized, select Close.
- Select People at the top.
- Select Create Profile on the far right.
- Enter a Name for the profile, select an Icon to identify it easily, then select Create.
- Select People at the top.
- Scroll down to find the profile you want, and select Add Device.
- Select the devices you want to assign, then select Assign.
- Select People at the top.
- Scroll down to the Profile for the child you want to setup Parental Controls for, and select More.
There are two ways xFi offers to help with Parental Controls.
Set times when your child's devices won't be able to go online.
Enable basic blocks for adult-oriented content.Bed Time
- Scroll down. Under Access rules, select Edit for Bedtime Mode.
- Place checkmarks next to the schedules you'd like to set.
- Using the sliders, adjust when bedtime starts and ends for each range of days, then select Apply Changes.
Parental Control
- Scroll down. Under Access rules, select Edit for Parental Control.
- Select the button next to On, then select Apply Changes.
You may always visit xfinity.com/myxFi with your browser whenever you want to make changes to the devices, profiles, or other settings on your Comcast account.
- Open your browser, type xfinity.com/myxFi into the address bar at the top, then push Enter or Return.
- Enter your Comcast Username and Password, then select Sign In.
- Select People at the top.
- Select Create Profile on the far right.
- Enter a Name for the profile, select an Icon to identify it easily, then select Create.
- Open your browser, type xfinity.com/myxFi into the address bar at the top, then push Enter or Return.
- Enter your Comcast Username and Password, then select Sign In.
- Select Devices at the top.
- Select Personalize at the top right.
- Select the device you'd like to name.
- Enter a name for your device, select a category for the device, then select Continue.
- Once personalized, select Close.
- Open your browser, type xfinity.com/myxFi into the address bar at the top, then push Enter or Return.
- Enter your Comcast Username and Password, then select Sign In.
- Select People at the top.
- Scroll down to find the profile you want, and select Add Device.
- Select the devices you want to assign, then select Assign.
- Open your browser, type xfinity.com/myxFi into the address bar at the top, then push Enter or Return.
- Enter your Comcast Username and Password, then select Sign In.
- Select People at the top.
- Scroll down to the Profile for the child you want to setup Parental Controls for, and select More.
There are two ways xFi offers to help with Parental Controls.
Set times when your child's devices won't be able to go online.Enable basic blocks for adult-oriented content.Bed Time
- Scroll down. Under Access rules, select Edit for Bedtime Mode.
- Place checkmarks next to the schedules you'd like to set.
- Using the sliders, adjust when bedtime starts and ends for each range of days, then select Apply Changes.
Parental Control
- Scroll down. Under Access rules, select Edit for Parental Control.
- Select the button next to On, then select Apply Changes.