It’s easy with Safe Surfer to install an effective porn blocker on an Orbi 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

Enter the address 192.168.1.1 into the top search bar of a web browser (such as Google Chrome or Firefox).

Type admin into the username box. The password would have been set during the installation process inside the Orbi app. This is different to the Wi-Fi password. Once you’ve filled in the fields, click the Log In button.

Close out of any messages regarding Netgear Shield, then click the Internet menu.

Under the Domain Name Server (DNS) Address section, click the button found next to Use These DNS Servers.

  1. For “Primary DNS”, type 4.150.168.57 into the text boxes.
  2. For “Secondary DNS”, type 104.197.28.121 into the text boxes.

Click the Apply button.

Click the IPv6 tab. If you have options available for IPv6 addresses, click the button found next to Use These DNS Servers, fill in the following addresses, and click the Apply button.

  1. For “Primary DNS”, type 2603:1030:0007:0007:0000:0000:0000:003b into the text boxes.
  2. For “Secondary DNS”, type 2600:1900:4000:524c:8000:0001:0000:0000 into the text boxes.

Otherwise, if you don’t see an option to fill in IPv6 DNS addresses, set Internet Connection Type for IPv6 to Disabled—this will turn off IPv6 mode—then click the Apply button.

Once the changes have been made, click the Logout button at the upper-right corner.

Verify protection

Verify the protection installation by visiting ExampleAdultSite.com inside a browser app (such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Safari). This is a safe website designated for testing if pornographic websites are being blocked. This site should be blocked. If we’re blocking something, you’ll usually see a blank connection error page.

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.

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 Netgear, Inc.