Thread: Block kid's access to the net!

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Is the printer setup on a virtual IP and shared through windows as a device or does it run via USB into and is managed by one of the routers?

It connects wirelessly to the WNDR3700 wifi router and has a static IP assigned.

Maybe I'm just a little bit too much of a geek for my own good...

But...

A CISCO integrated services router, then running into a Juniper SSG5, which then feeds a Netgear GS748T with four separate VLANS established (one for "management", one for "servers", one for "adults" and one for "children").

At any time I can just hit either the SSG5 or the GS748T and alter the config to either lock down an entire VLAN from accesing the WAN, or individual MAC or IP addresses. And I've got full IPTABLES filtering the individual TCP ports.

So...it's not exactly a typical "domestic" setup...but it works for me.

Originally Posted by mouce

Maybe I'm just a little bit too much of a geek for my own good...

Mouce, I think you should seek counselling for your IT addition and....dare I say it, crap spelling. Mouce, mewce. moose?

But I do appreciate you input

Frustratingly I have to report that teenagers are not as idle, lazy and disinterested as I thought. No 2 son has worked out that the Netgear modem's blocking only works for new connections. If he maintains his facebook/Minecraft/Skype connections after 11PM they don't stop. New connections don't work but who cares...problem solved

They are adults anyway, foot them in the bum, fit in or....

Parented at that age? sheesh

Originally Posted by rovercare

They are adults anyway, foot them in the bum, fit in or....

Parented at that age? sheesh

My plans for a retirement spent in the lap of luxury hinges on these two characters becoming masters of the universe, hence my dedication (most likely wasted) to the cause.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

My plans for a retirement spent in the lap of luxury hinges on these two characters becoming masters of the universe, hence my dedication (most likely wasted) to the cause.

Best of luck!

John