Can I use LPC parental controls on a Netgear router that is a second router?

I am a Verizon customer, and I am required to have a FiOS modem-router (it's a wireless-N Actiontec). I have set the DNS to OpenDNS to enhance my home network security and to block P2P. I would like to move up to the kind of time-based, account-based parental controls offered through LPC, but this only works through a Netgear router. I am sad to lose the stats generated by OpenDNS but I need the time-based parental controls more than I need the stats.

If I buy a Netgear router can I daisy-chain it to my Actiontec router? I think I would set up the #1 router so that the DHCP address range starts at 192.168.1.11, turn off the wireless on the #1 router, set the #2 router's IP address to 192.168.1.2, disable the DHCP server on the #2 router, and plug an ethernet cable from a LAN port on the #2 router to a LAN port on the #1 router; then reboot. I have used this kind of setup to successfully run a kids/guest network separate from my main network, with two separate SSIDs (it was with the Actiontec as #1 and a Cisco router as #2). Could I use a Netgear router as the #2 router, or is there something special about the LPC software/hardware that would not work if the Netgear is the #2 router in a setup like this one?

If I had a two-SSID network with two conventional routers configured as above, is it possible for the #2 router to have its own OpenDNS account? In that case I could turn off Facebook during homework hours, etc and simply unplug the power to the #2 router late at night, while keeping the ability for the parents on the #1 network to stay up and work if they want.

Thank you very much for your hard work on OpenDNS and thank you for considering this question!

zenoid January 15, 2014 19:26

I talked to Netgear support and they gave the following advice:

Set the Actiontec (#1) modem-router to be just a modem and not a router.

Then connect the Netgear router (#2) with Live Parental Controls to the #1 router, by an ethernet cable between the WAN ports of both routers.

Then set up the Live Parental Controls on the Netgear router so that there are controls for the kids, and a bypass account for the parents.

adam255 September 26, 2014 12:59

I am in Australia and as I am on a fibre optic network, I have to use a gateway supplied by the Internet Service Provider. The way I have my network setup is shown below:

-ISP Provided router connected to fibre optic network

-Netgear router connected to ISP router

-NetGear router set to no user/password

-The ISP router uses 10.0.0.138, the netgear is using 192.168.1.1

That should be all!

I tried to disable NAT but that killed the internet so I suggest that you keep NAT on.

morrislink October 02, 2014 19:28

This would result in double NAT and can cause issues with websites/applications and is not recommended even thought it will work in most cases.

Can I use LPC parental controls on a Netgear router that is a second router?

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