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AOL, with 45 million registered users, is the largest proprietor of online chatting software and has been under scrutiny for blocking access to its AIM network by Microsoft and others within the online industry.
The same Web screen we called up to set up the router also allows access to a series of administrative options that, among other things, includes turning Wireless access on and off, blocking certain URLs, keeping logs of network activity and creating e-mail alerts that let you know when Junior is trying to do something he shouldn't.