Installation, Testing and Comparison Continued:

One of the first things you'll want to do before really using the SnoopStick is to configure it, that is done by clicking the 'Configure SnoopStick' option on the main menu. The first thing you are greeted with is a status screen telling you what is enabled or not. You'll notice a menu on the left side as well, that we'll explore next.

The next choice or section would be 'Access Restrictions', here you can limit the time your child or employee is allowed to access the internet, you can configure certain time periods, and there are advanced options where the SnoopStick has to be plugged in to allow access, or limiting access to a certain number of minutes.

The feature would be to block access to only certain sites, basically ones that you know offer a 'bad influence' to people... There is also a check box to automatically block social networking sites like MySpace, FaceBook and others.

The last menu is the advanced options configurations, here you can select things to not be included in the logs. Here you can also allow certain IP Address internet access even if SnoopStick has access turned off, like Windows Update, or your Anti-Virus software sites. You can also configure ports manually that will be allowed access.