| schedule internet shutdown I would like to begin internet shutdown at my home at 2 am. I have tried the schedule version on my router and it does not seem to work. I also discovered that on another used computer my 16 yr old had saved my router info/PW so that when I set it up he discontinues it. For some reason it will not allow me to unsave the info on that computer. What am I missing? |
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bdnhsv
join:2012-01-20
Huntsville, AL | What is the brand and model of your router, and what kinds of PC's do you have (brand, model, operating system, etc)? |
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BinkVillains... knock off all that evil
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In general, one should not use technology to enforce a behavior when there are better ways to do it—like simply punishing your child. More often than not, there are ways to circumvent whatever technological barrier you put in place. If your 16-year-old is computer-savvy, he’ll run circles around you—if he’s not, he’ll post to an online forum and ask how to get around your restrictions. |
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1st, check to make sure that the date and time on your router is correct. If it's not, then the time based filters wont function at the proper time. Next, change the password on the router so that the saved version on the other PC wont work any more. |
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in my experience, cable internet doesn't need any authentication, which means a quick power cycle of the equipment would default the router and wipe out any settings you may have enabled.
if you use DSL, you have to authenticate (in my experience) and power cycling the router would be very obvious, nobody would be able to get online until you authenticated. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
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San Jose, CA
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| said by tomdlgns:if you use DSL, you have to authenticate (in my experience) and power cycling the router would be very obvious, nobody would be able to get online until you authenticated.
True for PPPoE ADSL, as implemented by AT&T; but there is DHCP DSL, which is more like cable.
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said by overxbox :I would like to begin internet shutdown at my home at 2 am. I have tried the schedule version on my router and it does not seem to work. I also discovered that on another used computer my 16 yr old had saved my router info/PW so that when I set it up he discontinues it. For some reason it will not allow me to unsave the info on that computer. What am I missing?
For Scheduling, you would need to set up NTP on your router. This would mean that the time would sync up with an NTP server like pool.ntp.org. This would allow you to set up schedules. |
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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said by Bink:In general, one should not use technology to enforce a behavior when there are better ways to do it—like simply punishing your child. More often than not, there are ways to circumvent whatever technological barrier you put in place. If your 16-year-old is computer-savvy, he’ll run circles around you—if he’s not, he’ll post to an online forum and ask how to get around your restrictions.
I agree to this. I remember the parental control lock on our cable boxes when I was a kid. I got a hold of a default code to unlock the box at 1am and record all kinds of programming though the night on the VCR.
You never want to use technology to enforce behavior.
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 jubangyPremium
join:2005-03-26
Corry, PA | reply to overxbox
Try a program called k9 web protection. It is free and if I remember correctly there is a timer function in it. |
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I'd do this using a scheduled task to start/stop the DNS service...
All computers on the LAN point to the Win2K3 server running Microsoft's DNS server service (or could be another DNS server like Simple DNS Plus, DNS Redirector, Bind, etc.)
In the router DHCP; set the IP of this server to be the only DNS server (all clients on the LAN then get this server's IP via DHCP)
In the router firewall; block UDP 53 outbound from any IP, except the server's - this prevents your kid from changing their DNS server in attempts to get out on the Internet.
Create two batch files...
Filename: stopdns.bat
@ECHO OFF
net stop dns
EXIT
Filename: startdns.bat
@ECHO OFF
net start dns
EXIT
Create a scheduled task to run each batch file daily at the time you specify. |
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BinkVillains... knock off all that evil
join:2006-05-14
Denver, CO
kudos:4 | reply to imanon
Unfortunately this breaks DNS resolution on the LAN as well, which breaks finding other computers, Active Directory authentication and other things… |
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