It’s easy with Safe Surfer to install an effective porn blocker on an eero Wi-Fi mesh network. Along with protecting your privacy, we also use our own behind-the-scenes technology to block porn and other harmful online content. This guide will efficiently walk you through how to install protection.
If you get stuck, we’ve developed our protection apps to help.
Step 1: Install DNS
Open the eero app on your phone.
At the lower-right corner, tap the Settings menu.
Tap the Network Settings menu.
Tap the DNS menu.
Tap the Custom DNS option.
Pro tip: If the fields in the following section are greyed out, you likely have an eero Plus subscription, so you will first need to disable each eero Plus filter that’s enabled. You can do this in the eero app under Home > Security & Privacy > Network Controls, then toggle off Advanced Security, Block Ads, and any Content Filters enabled on any profiles. Once you’ve done this, you can navigate back to Settings > Network Settings > DNS.
Tap the Custom DNS option. Copy and paste the following addresses into their respective fields:
- For “IPv4 primary”, use 4.150.168.57
- For “IPv4 secondary”, use 104.197.28.121
- For “IPv6 primary”, use 2603:1030:7:7::3b
- For “IPv6 secondary”, use 2600:1900:4000:524c:8000:1::
Tap the Save option.
On the message that comes up, tap the Yes option.
Step 2: Verify protection
After the eero network has rebooted, verify the protection installation by visiting ExampleAdultSite.com inside a web browser. This is a safe website designated for testing if pornographic websites are being blocked. This site should be blocked.
If you have any Apple devices (that is, iPhones, iPads, or Macs), you will also need to enable the Limit Adult Websites setting on those devices to disable the Private Browsing Mode feature for Safari. This feature ignores the Safe Surfer filtering received from your home router. You can find out how to fix this as follows:
- For each iPhone and iPad device, navigate to the Settings app > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions (and enable this feature if it’s not already turned on) > App Store, Media, Web & Games (on older devices, this menu is called Content Restrictions) > Web Content > set to Limit Adult Websites. Once you’re done, navigate back to the Screen Time main menu, which will save the changes.
- For each Mac device, navigate to the System Settings app > Screen Time > Content & Privacy (and enable this feature if it’s not already turned on) > App Store, Media, Web & Games (on older devices, this menu is called Content Restrictions) > under Web Content, set Access to Web Content to Limit Adult Websites, then click the Done button at the lower-right corner. Once you’re done, navigate back to the Screen Time main menu, which will save the changes. Open the Safari app > click the Safari text on the left-hand side of the menu bar (at the top of the screen) > click the Quit option. Repeat this process for every user account on the Mac.
Step 3: Get protection apps for best parental controls experience
Check out our protection apps! Our custom-built apps feature our best technology. They install protection directly onto devices (Android, iPhone and iPad, Windows, Mac, and Chromebook), and are a great way to block porn and apps for devices on the go. The apps enable you to set custom block settings and monitor the online activity of your loved ones. We can also prevent protection from being uninstalled (and block filter workarounds) in various cases.
Protection complete
Great work! The devices connected to your eero Wi-Fi mesh network should now be protected. Want more options over what content can be accessed? Check out the app solutions available on our easy-to-use online dashboard.
If you would like to protect a different kind of device, visit our Guides page.
Disclaimer: Safe Surfer Limited is in no way associated with Amazon.com, Inc.