Guard is AI-driven security for devices on your Whole Home Wi-Fi network. Powered by cloud-based real-time protection algorithms and intelligence based on machine learning, Guard neutralizes threats throughout the home. Security features inherently require information to protect your devices, and these features are designed to respect you and your data privacy. You’re in full control of enabling, disabling and customizing these features.
Guard features monitor your device network for metadata like DNS, IP address and packet sizes. When enabled, the Guard feature is only active when devices are connected to the primary Bell Wi-Fi.
Guard features include
Online protection helps block your devices from accessing websites known to contain malware, botnets, spyware, spam, phishing, keyloggers, monitoring, proxy avoidance and other harmful attacks. It is possible for apps to be blocked along with websites. In most cases, you’ll see a “page cannot be displayed” timeout message.
Advanced IoT protection monitors and automatically quarantines smart devices from the local network if unusual behaviour is detected.
Remote access protection automatically blocks incoming connections into home devices until you authorize them.
Turning Guard on/off
To toggle Guard features (requires Home Hub 4000, Giga Hub or Giga Hub 2.0):
- Log in to the Bell Wi-Fi app.
- Touch the Menu & Settings tab at the end.
- Touch Guard.
- Touch the toggle to enable/disable it.
Guard can also be customized at a person/profile level.
- Touch the People icon at the bottom of the home screen.
- Touch the Plus sign to add a user.
- Add a picture and name, then touch Done.
- Touch Next at the top right corner.
- Select the desired Guard access level (Kid, Teen, Adult, No limits).
- You can either use the default settings of each Guard access level, or customize the profile by selecting each specific Guard event (e.g., advanced IoT protection) and enabling or disabling them.
Content access
The Content access feature of Guard restricts content at a device or person/profile level. Content filters are divided into four categories:
- No restrictions: No content is blocked.
- Adult: Some sensitive content for adults 18 and over will be blocked., like abused drugs including Marijuana, illegal actions like hacking, weapons, and explicit or sexual content.
- Teen: Sensitive content not appropriate for teens 13 to 17 will be blocked. This includes the Adult Profile content listed above plus alcohol, tobacco, gambling, dating and self-harm.
- Kid: Sensitive content not appropriate for kids 12 and under will be blocked. This includes the Teen Profile content above, plus social media/networking, messaging, chat rooms, political, shopping and financial sites.
Managing Guard Events
You can modify Guard events by approving or blocking an IP address or website.
To modify a Guard event:
- Touch Guard Events.
- Touch + button (top right corner).
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Touch the desired action:
- Touch Approve/Block website and enter the full URL of the website to modify.
- Touch Approve/Block IP addresses and enter the IP address to modify.
- Confirm what device or person the new Guard event rule will be applied against.
- Touch Add.
For more information and FAQs see Bell.ca/bellwifiapp
