Re: Remove Internet Access

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Thanks Brian,
I used the localhost address and it did the trick.

"Brian Cryer" wrote:

> "Margo" <margo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:065952D4-44FA-4994-B3EF-FD3A016FB346@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Is there an easy way to disable internet access on specific PC's. I have
> > 10
> > PC's that are strictly for lab analitical processes and I don't want them
> > using the internet on these PC's
>
> If you don't use DHCP then you could try clearing the default gateway. If
> you use DHCP then you could still remove the batch file by writing a script
> to remove the gateway and getting the scheduler to run it at start-up. If
> you know the IP address of the gateway then:
> route delete 0.0.0.0 <gateway-ip>
> should delete the routing table entry for the gateway.
>
> I've not tried it, but I'm told that if you configure the pc to use a proxy
> server and point it to the localhost (127.0.0.1) that this will quite
> effectively block internet access.
>
> You may also find that there are settings on your company's firewall which
> would allow you to selectively block pcs.
>
> I'm sure there are other ways. Hope this helps,
>
> Brian.
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