Re: Disabling clients from connecting to Internet

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"Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F3577B0B-5696-4764-AC50-7B3C93D8CC25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi, I am in a LAN with around 10 clients. My computer has a DSL
connection on which sharing is enabled. But I want to give access to
only 2 clients. However, all clients with an XP OS is able to connect
to the internet. How can i restrict sharing with selected users only?

Some routers can restrict access to the public internet based on the LAN IP and/or MAC Address of the PC.

You also might look at a free tool like MSFT SteadyState program to lock down the PCs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

If your in a domain environment you probably can also control this with the use of a proxy. Others can comment on that or you can post to the microsoft.public.windows.server.networking news group for possible help.

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I forgot to add that normal users should be limited user (XP) or standard users (Vista) and *NOT* have admin permissions. Require the use of strong passwords for all users.

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx

Restrict who has admin permissions on all the workstations, etc.

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