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Web Site Filter

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:59 am

Web site Filter is a setting commonly found on broadband router firmware. The Web Filter option allows you to set up a list of allowed Web sites that can be used by multiple users, and any Web site not listed here will be blocked.

See “Common Router Settings” in the Quick Reference section of Webopedia.
See also Webopedia’s “Did You Know… Routers, Switches and Hubs: What’s the Difference?