Re: Restrict Wireless to default signal?

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The original poster was trying to prevent the user from changing wireless networks. For example, from my desk I can see my home network (secured) and 2 of the neighbor's wireless networks, 1 unsecured. There is nothing to prevent me from accessing my neighbor's unsecured network.

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"peter" <peterk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eMPeg.210761$WI1.55378@xxxxxxxxxxx
Your Wireless Router should have the ability to be set so that access to it
can only be done from one machine....yours.
This would eliminate her changing the router settings.
You then need to configure the router for secure access ..by means of WEP
key which needs to be entered in the router as well as any computer trying
to access the router.By changing this her access would be terminated until
you enter the new one into her machine wireless settings.
Then go to the Access list page and add her computer using the Mac
Address(it will show up under attached devices)
Turn on access control..........take her off the list and no access
Some routers also let you block certain sites at certain periods of
time...and by entering the IP address of your machine you would still have
access.
You could then "disconnect" her at will
peter

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"arobustus" <arobustus.28ks8b@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:arobustus.28ks8b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello all,
What I would like to be able to do is confine my daughter's laptop to
the default signal, with the ability to turn this restriction on and
off restricted by password. If I could do this, I could control
Internet access from the router. Is there some way to do this in
windows, using the registry or standard settings? In my case, if I
could use the registry I could get away without a password. Failing
that, is there third party software that does it?
Sometimes a temporary block on favorite and time consuming sites is
enough to speed completion of a school project. Sometimes an Internet
"grounding" is more in order. However, any savvy teenager can
circumvent such by linking to a different wireless signal.
I'm sure I am not the only parent who has run up against this. In fact,
I ran down a long thread on this issue in Broadband Reports. The best
anyone could come up with was to chase down all your neighbors who have
unprotected wireless outlets and prevail upon them to set up encryption.
However, this can be problematic, especially if the neighbor happens to
be Starbucks.
Thank You!


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arobustus


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