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Right! Their 8 and 9. I never had a father, but I figured I will allow them to be kids until "double digits". Then they will start taking things apart and tinkering. I don't think I'll have any major issues with them, I'm more or less more worried about "accidental discovery".

Thanks again guys for all the suggestions and info. I'm finally getting around to messing with this. Currently setting up 2 VM's 1 of Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.3 and Ubuntu Server 17.10 to play with Squid. I didn't do much research yet and am not sure if those are even the best base OS to run Squid on, I simply did one search for Squid setup or something like that and the first OS I saw mentioned was Ubuntu. OpenDNS is nice, but easy to get around. I saw something about SafeDNS, but haven't checked it out yet. @PoSHMagiC0de I have quite a few router's, ASUS and Nighthawk series are what I primarily use, but I had forgotten all about Untangle and PFSense. I had two PowerEdge 650's in my rack running those as router's behind 2 modem's at 1 point years ago. You all have given me a lot of good idea's and advice and I greatly appreciate it. I'm gonna to mess with Squid and iptables first to at least familiarize myself with them. Just curious, if a medium to small business owner was in need of the same or similar solution would any of the above recommendations change/be different?

Thanks for all the info and quick response guys. My babies are (about to be 8) this Wednesday and 9. Their good kids I don't really worry about them getting curious at least not yet, but I don't want any accidents either. I remember hearing about Squid years ago, but I've never messed with it. We primarily use Chrome, but being that IE would still be an option, I want to really lock things down at the router/ap level. YouTube, I agree there are some things on there not suitable for young kids, but that's the one thing where I trust and allow them to watch appropriate content. So far I've been blessed, the biggest issue there is those compilation videos where some clips are fine then some have a lot of cussing, etc. I ran DD-WRT for years, but never played with iPtables. I guess now my concern is which would be more reliable/stable and do the best job? If Squid then what would be the best preferred setup via OS to run it on or in a VM? Also does iPtables or Squid do any form of reporting via emial or txt in the even anyone on that network tried to search for say porn or would I have to manually check logs? I will probably be using a nighthawk router and soon a UniFi AP Pro access point for that network setup.

In the process of setting up 2 machines for my little ones and I want to make sure they don't "accidentally" stumble upon something they shouldn't. I have parental controls and content filtering inside the router which works well, but I'm wanting to have a separate network for just the kids and I want everything on that network to be restricted to appropriate content only. Should I setup a proxy and point their browser's to route traffic through a proxy, is there a web filter app/server software you recommend? OpenDNS works well, but if I remember right I was able to somewhat view content that should have been blocked. The only thing I really want fully open is YouTube. Thanks in advance. I'm open to all suggestions, the more enterprise the better.

I am surprised I searched the forums for (mdm, mobile device management and meraki) and I didn't see anything pertaining to anything mdm related. From what I've found Meraki seems to be the best free mdm available. I've been playing with it for a few hours tonight and watching youtube videos on it. My question is, is there a way to filter netflix and youtube? I have iPad mini's for the kids and have installed a profile on their ipads and set a few things, but even setting the podcasts to clean and movie rating locks to TV-14 I was still able to watch R rated movies on netflix. I've been all through restrictions and they are enabled as well and seem to take care of preventing adult content, but youtube and netflix seem to be a bit more complex to filter. Myself and a friend share a netflix account and I saw I can manage some parental controls via the account properties, but it seems as if it sets those permissions for all profiles. There is a separate profile created just for me, but when logging in it always gives the option of which profile to use. If it could default or force my profile only that would work as I don't really use netflix I only have it for the kids. They watch a lot of yotube video's and I'm sure those will be hard to filter. What I would like to filter is bad language if possible and of course anything not kid appropriate. A good example is I find my son watching Vine compilation video's and there is usually a lot of bad language that I wish I could filter out. Other things I'd like to do is hide settings from the ipad or certain features of settings, pretty much anything but connecting to wifi networks. I noticed that if the kids knew how they could go in settings and remove the meraki profile very easily. I've tried spiceworks and would try air watch, but I don't want to pay licensing fee's just for a few parental settings I need remote management of. Thanks guys.

Thanks a lot Barry99705! I have never even heard of this Google Timeline. I am just checking it out now and I see the option to download a copy of my data, but is there a way to automate a downloadable copy? Say once a week? Anyone else interested in this I found this also today http://off-the-clock.timothy-nicole-marks.com/computers-and-electronics/iphone-gps-to-pc Haven't tested it out yet, but from what I read it sounds legit.

Yes it's pretty sweet. It helped me remember where I was last at one night for work even tells how long you were there. I just would like a way to send the data to a server at home in some form of a nice gui.

Hey guys, I recently found out a trick on the iphone to view where I have been via location and privacy settings including dates and time and I actually like it. I'm wondering is there a way to have my phone report or log this data to a server running at home? Googling only keeps turning up how to disable location and privacy services. Using the phone is nice, but you have to goto Settings, Privacy, Location Services, System Services, Frequent Locations to view the data and it only saves so much it looks like. I want to be able to save it all. Even a way to create a shortcut on my home screen and view the data and be able to send it manually would be nice as well.

@ digip, Yes! These Asus are absolutely amazing! Plus built in Telnet and SSH :) It's like "out of the box DD-WRT" I love it!

@ Cooper, these camera's have an option inside to upload video via FTP or HTTP. I basically have a FTP login saved inside the camera's config and it uploads video on motion detection. The router has a built in FTP server Samba Share, etc. option and I have a 1TB WD Passport pocket drive plugged into the USB 3.0 port where the video's are saved. It works amazingly well! As far as the shell scripting, (I'm not a developer at all) I can understand scripts a bit though. I found a few online and it seems like quite a bit of code for such a simple task. Is there not an app with a nice gui to do this? Perhaps maybe even the windows task scheduler which I have actually never messed with. Think I'll play with that a bit today. @ digip are you and your mother neighbor's? You said you bridged them end to end? If that was the case I would say bury you a cat5 in conduit from house to house to have a physical connection. You are so right though I absolutely love these serious of ASUS! They really are on point for the advanced and expert tech.

Hey guys, I recently setup some IP Cam's using an ASUS RT-AC56R Router and I must say I absolutely LOVE these newer AC Asus router's with all their features including built in PPTP VPN Server! However I have a few camera's that upload motion detection via FTP to a USB drive plugged into this Router. What I'm wanting is a program that can monitor say this drive or specific folder's on the drive to automatically delete or overwrite the files after 90 days. I'm sure I can find a script to do this online, but something with a nice gui would be awesome! Also I will have to say anyone reading this curious about purchasing/upgrading a router I deal with a variety on a daily basis and I must say this ASUS AC series alone is by far one of the best off the shelf consumer grade router's to date based off the feature's it provides. I merely purchased it strictly for the built in VPN Server, but all the other feature's are a bonus :) My only complaint is that the VPN server has a 10 user connection limit max.

That will be a drawback for in car use, but I can see at least one of these coming in handy for my daily work duties as well as other duties.

This just keeps getting more and more interesting. Appreciate all the info! @ Barry99705, that Bore scope camera looks real nice! Small, compact, can have many of them installed to my liking and concealable with decent enough video. Plus their not to pricey. A camera like this can actually come in use for many many uses. I will probably definitely be trialing one of these in the near future. My biggest concern here is how does it perform in the dark without any light attachment? I looked at the reviews, didn't thoroughly read them, but didn't see any mention of dark use.

I didn't even think about surgical cams. I'm betting those would be hard to get a hold of and pretty pricey. There is a company local who installs all of the law enforcement lights, siren's, surveillance, etc which is where I purchased my Muvi cam. I think I'll stop in there and talk to them again.

Thanks for all the info guys. I'm in Indiana and I too see used cruisers often with the spot lights and all. Also I did notice that the cams came in an as is condition which I don't want to invest in something and then regret it later. As far as the cameras I'm wondering what interior camera's they use when they do "hidden camera" shows on tv or stunt shows. I remember seeing a blind date prank on youtube once where the female frightened the men with her driving as she was a professional stunt driver, but they didn't know that. The camera's used in the car though were I believe hidden in the vents so they'd have to be pretty small. I'm just curious what kind they were, because those would be perfect.

I got unlimited data so I'm good there. @Barry99705, Nice find! All the ones I've found were like 4500. I'm curious though is it illegal to have that system? I noticed on the watchguard site on the display monitor there is an icon that says police. Wondering if that would make it illegal.

@ digip, I get pretty good LTE coverage for my daily driving so I'm good there. What camera is it that you have? My Muvi HD cam I have I don't believe has any streaming capabilities, it does however have a remote which I really like. The biggest draw back to that camera other then being an IP camera is it will not record while charging. To me that kinda defeats a purpose. All the documentation I could find says it will record while charging only if plugged into a computer which it does not do unless the computer is in sleep mode? So I'm thinking when the computer is in sleep mode it outputs a lower or higher voltage which I haven't measured yet. The one I have is this one here VCC-005 http://www.veho-world.com/main/shop.aspx?category=CAMMUVIHD However in the download section there isn't even any software available for this model nor did it come with any. The other Camera I have is this guy here: http://www.amazon.com/Dashboard-SplashETech%C2%AE-Smallest-Ambarella-Upgraded/dp/B00PPYDAXA/ref=sr_1_39?s=car&ie=UTF8&qid=1431976320&sr=1-39&keywords=dash+cam It's nice only mine might be one model under as mine only does 1280p. However this one here does have an issue with heat. When it's hot enough it will not even power on. I thought about using iphone 4S', but their size would be too easily noticeable in the car. They do make a really nice app called CarRecorder I may use one iphone cause it looks so sweet. Also yea They police cruiser's use L3 Communications Cams or WatchGuard. I'd love to have a watchguard system, but they are pricey and yes that technology they use that auto-uploads to PD when they drive to the station is what I'd like to accomplish I just can't remember what it's called. I just saw a OmniVue system on youtube that looks pretty sweet as far as the cam's go, but not sure I could use the feature's I'm wanting to use with them.

Sorry for the late reply guys and thanks for the advice. @ digip the 2 I have now do loop recordings via and sdhc card 32GB max and works well, but for what I'm wanting those aren't gonna work. I want to go IP/Network based so I can log into thos any given time and doing that would make it easier to upload/stream live feed which is another issue I'm having. I thought about ustream though I've never used it, but it costs now. I prefer to stream directly to a home server. I've never messed wiht WebDAV and don't know much about it, but could that possibly work or FTP? I currently have 2 jailbroken iphones and use one gernerally for data and tethering. It actually works very well on the road so I'll have internet at all times. Thinking about adding a line just for tethering and keeping it hidden in the car. @ barry99705 What model is that DVR and what are the features it has? Where can I possibly purchase that? A buddy of mine told me a good solution would be to get one of the computers that run the big led billboards. I forget the name of them they start with a "P". I have thought about raseberry pi, but I'm not a developer at all and doesn't that require some programming? Thanks for the advice guys.

Hi guys, I'm looking for an in car dvr solution. So far the biggest issue I'm having is finding the best camera's to use and a way to stream the live feed to a remote server at home or auto-upload each recording as it would loop recordings. I currently have been testing out the veho Muvi HD and another one by E-France. Both are nice cams, but they record to an sd card. I am needing a solution to record to an external drive or remote location. I'll basically have a full blown mobile network in the car running 24/7 and I plan to at some point somehow modify the security system so anytime a door opens, car starts, exceeds a certain speed, etc. I'll get txt/email notification. I've been searching for a few weeks, just remember the hak van and figured I'd share with you guys and see if it struck anyone's interest for any tips or advice. Thanks for advance.

I've setup the VPN on the machine before, but then I have to port forward and all. I've used team viewer and all as well and all work great, but there is also multiple devices on the network. I just prefer a setup like my current at home having a second router strictly for the VPN connection then I can access any of the devices via VNC or whatever. I've already got all machines IP's and hostnames set, I just came seem to find another router that will run dd-wrt and have the VPN option built-in. It just works so wonderfully and I only need to open up the one port and allow only my machines access remotely.

@ Cooper, I do have VNC, RDP running on the machines already, I just don't want to open the ports on the router to the outside world. I'm not super paranoid I just prefer making one connection to the network and then accessing anything on the network through the vpn. @ Barry99705, I have used teamviewer and it's not bad, however if I'm troubleshooting an issue where she is not able to access/use team viewer then that won't help. I'm tempted to just buy that recent ASUS model that has built in VPN Server, but I don't want to spend the money if I can modify one of these existing routers.

Hey guys, I currently have a Linksys WRT320N running DD-WRT and it works wonderfully! What I am looking for is a PPTP VPN solution running at the router level that may work with a linksys wrt54g or Netgear wnr2000 or wnr1000. I've been all over dd-wrt and tomato, but what I'm not clear on or can't seem to find is if the firmwares have a built in VPN server function. I also have a linksys RVS4000 VPN router, but it appears that routers VPN support is only to connect to a remote VPN. My goal is I'm wanting to setup a VPN server at my mom's house running at the router level so I can remote in and troubleshoot so she won't have to have a PC running at all times. I know ASUS has a model out now that has this feature built in which is super awesome, but I don't want to spend the money when there have to be so many other alternatives. I also know PPTP isn't the most secure, but it works with minimal administrative need and for what I'm wanting it for it will suit my needs. If you guys have any other alternative method to accomplish what I'm wanting I would LOVE to know! The biggest issue is I don't want her to have to keep the PC running at all times. I also don't want to open any services like vnc, rdp, etc. I want to use a VPN solution and then I can use those services locally via the VPN. Appreciate any input/advice. I have several old router's and am most familiar with dd-wrt and have flashed a few, but no VPN option.

Hey guys. I recently Setup a media server running Media Browser and absolutely love it! I have been looking for a solution such as this since like 2009. My setup is as follows... Modem/Gateway -> WRT Series router running dd-wrt with VPN support. Users connect to the PPTP VPN via dd-wrt and then access the media server on the network and even on 3G it works pretty well. I am impressed! How ever from a security stand point I am curious what you guys think, what would you do differently? I want them to securely access the media server without any other local lan access and it would be nice to give them the ability to create their own user accounts. I had a setup in 2009 using Adito and am thinking of tinkering with that again. Active directory also is an option I would like, but I'm still new to Media Browser.

@ Cooper, I will be adding a Blueray writable drive to my new build and will probably go with that method. I think a couple 50GB discs would work for most import documents and files. All else is mostly just movies, music, etc. With all the features now in FreeNAS I was thinking of playing with that also.

Hmmmm... I'm thinking maybe a Drobo might be the best solution for me, because I've read horror stories on dying disks set in a raid config and trying to recover the data. Also Cooper #1 you point out a good point about what/how would I backup all that data. Well another issue with that is I've been backing data for years and have never yet combined all my most important files and documents onto one or 2 disks. That being said our smartphones today when they take pictures they save them such as img_0394 and so forth. So if I have 3 different pictures with that same file name in 3 different locations, I haven't looked yet, but I'm wondering if there is a app that will scan files and in a nice user-friendly way list same name types possibly auto-rename duplicates or some task to where I won't have to manually rename each file or over write a file. I have also thought about the dvd solution as well, but is that possible for blueray? Don't the blueray discs store upto like 50GB per disk? I don't currently have a blueray at all, but am looking to do a new build in the new year and create a practical backup solution. Thanks for all the info so far guys. I really appreciate it! It have given me a bit to think about as far as going with a RAID or another solution.