Hello all,

I have a USR9105 router and Tesco BB. All runs well with no problems.
My son is spending far too much time on the Internet instead of doing
his homework and so I want to restrict access (by password) without
preventing him working on the computer. In other words, in order for him
to get on the Internet, I enter a password to activate the router.

If its not possible to do this, can anyone suggest an application (free
or to purchase) that would allow me to do this. Ideally, if there is a
way of implementing automatic timed access (router active say, between
5.00pm and 8.00pm) that would be even better!

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Cheers,
Simon

simon wrote:
Here you go:

<http://www.blumentals.net/inetprot/>

"iNet Protector allows you to password protect Internet connection and
restrict access to the Web. With iNet Protector you can enable and
disable Internet connection any time. In order to enable Internet
access, valid password must be entered. You can also schedule time
periods when Internet connection should be disabled or enabled. Built-in
timer allows you to enable Internet connection for a specified amount of
time."


Krishna Murphy.

"simon" simon@capella.demon.co.uk wrote in message
news:wGWmE8BwbYrBFwAM@capella.co.uk
Changing router is probably a bit over the top but for the benefit of Google
I'll mention that the 3Com 3CRWE754G72 can restrict access by time and day
on a per client IP basis (so, 5pm to 8pm weekdays but unrestricted at the
weekend for one PC, completely unrestricted access for another).

It also has the ability to disable traffic on specific ports on a per client
IP basis. There's a tick list of the common ports (80, 25, 119, 1863 etc.),
or you can specify your own ranges, or simply disable all TCP and/or UDP.

This is *exactly* what I was after!
Cheers Krishna,
Simon

simon wrote:
When he fails to hand in his homework on time because "dad switched off
my PC" what are you going to do?

In message <1101900348.4522.0@sabbath.news.uk.clara.net>, Hiram
Hackenbacker <holiday@pagemoy.com> writes
Nothing. He'll just get detention ;-)

In MsgID<9lOVMeASObrBFwTe@capella.co.uk> within uk.telecom.broadband,
'simon' wrote:

Hopefully he'll rise to the challenge anyhow. I always figure that it
is the parent's right to use software to restrict their childrens
usage and the child's 'coming of age' to hack around it.

The thinking behind that being that if the child is intelligent enough
to make their own decisions about internet use then a petty
restriction is not going to be a problem to them. If they aren't then
the restriction will work.

--
Dave Johnson - requiem@freeuk.com

As iNet Protector appears to run on the PC you intend to "protect" rather
than being a network solution I suspect any self respecting pre-teenager
would have no problem killing the application with ctrl-alt del or simply
un-installing it altogether.

Why not just unplug the router and hide the wall-wart?



--
Graham.
%Profound_observation%

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:25:47 +0000, Hiram Hackenbacker
<holiday@pagemoy.com> strung together this:

I used to do home work before we even got a PC, and I used to make
phone calls without a mobile.
[Christ, I sound old, I'm not though].
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd
Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject

We also have something called Browse Control, this will do what you
want. You can download this from www.browsecontrol.com

Cheers
Divyesh



"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<3172a0F387i9oU1@individual.net>...

In MsgID<3172a0F387i9oU1@individual.net> within uk.telecom.broadband,
'Graham' wrote:

No, I had a look at it as myself and a friend are working on an
educational equivalent to the program. It is quite secure, you can
kill the interface easily enough, but the dll that intercepts is
protected at system level and is not killable without a more
sophisticated tool than ctrl-alt-del.

I think the filtering is in a similar position in the chain to a
firewall, and I'm looking into the system ownership now (well for some
values of now, I've an importantish exam today and shouldn't be
prattling here..)


--
Dave Johnson - requiem@freeuk.com

Dave J wrote:

Like a linux boot CD?

Steve.

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:37:50 +0000, Lurch
<theoriginallurch@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:15:40 +0000, Peter Johnson
<peter@nospam.narrowgauge.plus.com> strung together this:

Not really, unless its straight forward! It's not that I'm illiterate,
I was just never taught times tables and that sort of thing, so I
can't be *that* old then....
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd
Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject

In article <31bdojF3889mbU1@individual.net>,
Steven Sumpter <ssumpter@gmail.com> wrote:
Locked down with a BIOS password and no boot other than from fixed disk,
it'll be pretty secure - unless the kid starts hacking around with the
hardware to try to reset the BIOS password.

Zane.

In MsgID<31bdojF3889mbU1@individual.net> within uk.telecom.broadband,
'Steven Sumpter' wrote:

Nah, that's cheating. Takes all the fun out of it

Have you tried Knoppix? I'm quite impressed. Booted from a downloaded
ISO, did no installation, not even any setup, and was online + web
browsing (via network) within two minutes..

--
Dave Johnson - requiem@freeuk.com

In MsgID<tce682-lta.ln1@news.wilson.st> within uk.telecom.broadband,
'abuse@wilson.st ()' wrote:

<Giggles>

What, you mean move a jumper from a to b or short out the power feed?
Obviously requires too sophisticated a skill set for a mere child..

Don't forget to hide debug, and lock down the floppy drive.. Better
block the web, as there are tools that will corrupt the bios with no
need for debug. Ooh, and watch out for that CD drive, god knows what
crafty software could be imported that way..

In fact, better just lock the computer away and leave the poor child
completely without the ability to participate.
Call it evolution in action.


--
Dave Johnson - requiem@freeuk.com

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 18:36:48 UTC, Dave J <requiem@freeuk.com> wrote:

That's why some cases have locks.

--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

Dave J wrote:

I have. It's especially handy as a rescue tool when someone has messed
up their computer so bad that they can't boot it. Probably also quite
good at deleting DLL files that block internet access.

I don't have much call to use Knoppix other than rescue missions, since
all computers in my house run unix anyway.

Steve.

Bob Eager wrote:
I have an old (by today's standards..!) Compaq Deskpro which has a
solenoid case lock. You need to boot up the machine with a special boot
disk to get at the BIOS settings and the case lock is in there. Lose the
floppy and you've had it..!

Ivor