Customizing blocking screen by Access Restriction of Linksys router

Hi,
I've recently deployed the Access Restriction of my linksys rounter and it works fine. When I try visiting the website which I've set to be blocked, a screen with the message "Website blocked by Linksys Firewall" is shown.
May I know how I can change this screen to another screen or change the message to another message (say something like "the website has expired") instead?
Thanks a lot for your kind help!
Best Regards,
Michael.
Message Edited by mlam on 09-20-2009 08:59 PM

That would take a change to the firmware...not possible with the stock firmware. If your router supports 3rd party firmware (don't know as you didn't provide a model) you may be able to work around it, but it would take some fairly in-depth Linux know how.....
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