Additional wireless network with restrictions

[fiskeben]

Hi,

I'd like to create a separate wireless network for my kids so that I can give them special DNSes (thinking of FamilyShield servers from OpenDNS), create filters, and turn it off completely.

I've been reading up on things about OpenWRT and how to create more networks, interfaces, and wireless networks (for instance this: https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/guest-wlan), but I can't get it to work. Is it at all possible? If not, is there another way to achieve this? In the end I guess I'd have to configure the 2.4GHz network for the kids and the 5GHz network for the rest but that's a bummer.

[Ashok]

@ fiskeben,

As of now, we can't create a separate wireless network running on different DNS addresses. However, may be if we add the support for scheduling or blocking the internet access to certain devices, that may be helpful to monitor the connection for your kids.

[fiskeben]

OK, thanks for your reply. Maybe I'll have to look into another solution with a separate router or something similar.

[tt4me]

This was the exact thing I was looking into about 6 months ago.  I wanted to protect the kids from the world and us from the kids (viruses).

The 2nd router is the best/easiest solution that I found.

My current setup is:

cable modem -> Asus Router -> Almond+

The Asus Router:

• Guest Network
• Kids Network
• All connections are wireless and isolated (minus the connection to the A+ of course)
• DNS is OpenDNS and fairly well filtered for kids

The Almost+:

• Considered the "safe/parents zone"
• Unfiltered Google DNS
• Everything besides the kids computers/tablets
• Port opened so that the kids can print to the network printer

That's the quick gist of how I set things up. So far, so good.