Stopping a teen from accessing the internet???

fermi

leosayer39 wrote: »

MAC address? Huh?

In the wireless settings of the router.

Wireless Station Access List

By default, any wireless PC that is configured with the correct SSID will be allowed access to your wireless network. For increased security, you can restrict access to the wireless network to only allow specific PCs based on their MAC addresses. From the Wireless Settings menu, click the Setup Access List button to display the Wireless Station Access List menu.

jammin_2

leosayer39 wrote: »

Ah yes but it asks for the password and the lappy doesn't

Leo

Only because you've saved the password in the web browser on the lappy. Still, I see your point.

maggie21

Why would you want to know what sites your 17 year old son has been visiting? Isn't he entitled to any privacy?

jammin_2

meigle21 wrote: »

Why would you want to know what sites your 17 year old son has been visiting? Isn't he entitled to any privacy?

Ah go on. Good on the OP for proper parenting I say.

leosayer39

fermi wrote: »

In the wireless settings of the router.

Quote:
Wireless Station Access List

By default, any wireless PC that is configured with the correct SSID will be allowed access to your wireless network. For increased security, you can restrict access to the wireless network to only allow specific PCs based on their MAC addresses. From the Wireless Settings menu, click the Setup Access List button to display the Wireless Station Access List menu.

Thanks for that, I ll have a look further

Leo

leosayer39

meigle21 wrote: »

Why would you want to know what sites your 17 year old son has been visiting? Isn't he entitled to any privacy?

Of course he is, however if he starts to bring in illegal stuff, who carries the can? Him? NO

The name of the account holder is responsible, and THAT IS ME

Once I am happy that he is acting responsibly then I wont have to chuck him off the network, will I?

Leo

DatabaseError

I'm guessing your main concern may not be !!!!!!, of any kind (like you say...17yr old...what's the harm?!) but may instead be downloads (illegal or otherwise) and breaching the cap imposed by your ISP. I suppose changing ISP is out of the question? The netgear doesn't have QOS, so you're not going to be able to limit the throughput to his machine, combine education and trust? I do know my 16yr old daughter would happily download the internet via limewire, torrents etc...except she has K9 installed on her machine...and everytime she searches for p2p apps, or clicks a link one of her friends sends it gets blocked
...she's not overly happy with the situation, but I also have a cap and it's much easier to monitor if I don't have to worry about another machine churning 10gb/day without me noticing...til the bill arrives

leosayer39

jammin wrote: »

Ah go on. Good on the OP for proper parenting I say.

Thank you, like I said, don't mind him accessing a bit of !!!!!!, must be legal though!

Leo

maggie21

leosayer39 wrote: »

Once I am happy that he is acting responsibly then I wont have to chuck him off the network, will I?

Leo

Fair enough. I just wouldn't give him his own access if I didn't trust him. I would have hoped he knew what was acceptable and respected you for giving him his own laptop and remote access.

Are you concerned about hard !!!!!! or illegal music downloads? As I would have thought the latter was more of a concern coming back to you.

advent1122

meigle21 wrote: »

Why would you want to know what sites your 17 year old son has been visiting? Isn't he entitled to any privacy?

Agree, I would not have dreamt of looking at the browser history of my son at that age.
If he wants to check out the latest Thailand Lady Boys, then let him.
It is only his laptop that is going to be full up with junk.

What exactly are you afraid he is looking at?
If it is legal filth then what is the problem?
I take it nobody else is going to be using his laptop so a younger child will not click on something by mistake.