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I service a SONICWALL 2400. I want to block certain web sites. Even though the license for Premium Content Filtering Service shows as EXPIRED, this doesn't mean you can't block web sites and it doesn't mean you don't have Content Filtering Service. It just means you don't have Premium Content Filtering Service. The Premium Content filtering allows you to filter on the basis of categories (http://www.sonicwall.com/us/en/products/Network_Security_Content_Filtering_Categories.html).

• -login to SONICWALL
• -click SYSTEM > LICENSES
• -look for "Comprehensive Gateway Security Suite Upgrade"
• -underneath, look for "Premium Content Filtering Service."
• -next to it, I see EXPIRED.

A little miffed and upset because I feel like I'm being hi-jacked to pay for something that just about any home router can do out of the box, I give it a try anyway.

• -login to SONICWALL.
• -click SECURITY-SERVICES (on the left-hand side).
• -click CONTENT FILTER.
• -you may see UPGRADE REQUIRED (in big red letters).
• -not true (just like their AUTO-DOWNLOAD FIRMWARE feature).
• -find the second section called CONTENT FILTER TYPE.
• -select CONTENT FILTER SERVER (in the dropdown box).
• -click CONFIGURE.
• -click ENABLE HTTPS CONTENT FILTERING.
• -click CUSTOM LIST (tab at the top).
• -find FORBDDEN DOMAINS.
• -click ADD.
• -type in the domain you want to block (for example: aol.com).
• -click OK > OK
• -that should do it! Test it out and let me know how it goes.