Cannot connect to AOL 1

[erikcamacho]

I have a BEFVP41 (version 1) I cannot connect to AOL. In a version 2 router there is a choice to select a (AOL parental controls), but there is not this choice on a version 1 router. Does anyone know how o get around this?
I could connect and use Internet explorer, but not AOL.

Thanks for reading,

Erik

 

[Newposter]

And the downside is....?

Newposter
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment."

 

[erikcamacho]

I personally do not use AOL, but some of my clients do. Their main concern is the parental controls.

 

[bcastner]

The AOL controls are firmware specific, hardware specific, and likely something that Linksys should not have involved itself in to begin with.

AOL itself has a Content Screen, as does IE. And as well a lot of third-party software at modest cost.

For a Version 1 router BEFVP41 it is not a feature you are likely ever to see.

And Linksys had enough problems (as did others) with the peculiar way in which AOL decided to implement broadband, with a quite frankly bizarre MTU below 1430. I doubt any of the small consumer class router manufacturer's have anything nice to say about AOL.

 

[erikcamacho]

Thanks,

BCaster, your feeling are the same as mine, I just wanted to hear it in someone else's text.

Thanks,

Erik