Saturday, August 1, 2009

Webkinz

Setting up parental controls to work with Webkinz™ should be easy. Webkinz is a wonderful site for kids (and parents). You buy a stuffed animal which comes with a secret code. The secret code unlocks a virtual character that can interact with the Webkinz world.

However, for being such a child-centric site, Webkinz does not play well with Parental Control Software. If a parent were to unlock www.webkinz.com by itself then they would not get past the login screen. Forever wondering what could be beyond the magical flashing W promising that something is "Loading..."

Ganz, the makers of Webkinz, has a list of servers in their FAQ that need to be unlocked, but due to their immense popularity they have added many servers to handle their loads and yet they have not updated their list. So many parents (including myself) were stuck watching the flashing W.

I believe, through some searching, some surmising, and some determination, I have compiled a list of all of the IP addresses that need to be added to your parental control software in order to get Webkinz working again. These need to be allowed individually in your parental control software. There are several ways to do this which I will cover in future posts.

Here is the list


66.48.69.98
66.48.69.99
66.48.69.100
66.48.69.101
66.48.69.102
66.48.69.103
66.48.69.104
66.48.69.105
66.48.69.106
66.48.69.115
66.48.69.116
66.48.69.117
66.48.69.118
66.48.69.123
66.48.69.124
66.48.83.130
66.48.83.131
66.48.83.132
66.48.83.133
66.48.83.134
66.48.69.158
66.48.69.159
66.48.69.160
66.48.69.164
66.48.69.165
66.48.83.158
66.48.83.159
66.48.83.160
66.48.83.161
66.48.83.162
66.48.83.163
66.48.83.164
66.48.83.165
66.48.83.210
66.48.83.211
66.48.83.212
66.48.83.213
66.48.83.214
66.48.83.216
66.48.83.218

2 comments:

  1. I put webkinz on google to start my kid's account and then this one came up.

    66.48.69.102/loader4.php?go=loadReturnUser&aol=0&fs=0

    What is it?

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  2. That's just the address of one of the many computers Webkinz uses.

    ReplyDelete