wierd networking ques
Bud
Chesterfield, Va
I have 4 computers on a network 2 are mine 1 for lil sis and a print server. I have internet hooked into router and 4 comps hooked up to router. I want to block my lil sisters comp. from internet but be on network so she can get files and use print server. Any ideas how to do that.
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Most routers these days have filters, so you can block internet access for her PCs specific IP address. This shouldn't affect the internal networking, as the switches built into routers do the networking exchange.
Dig out the manual / download the .pdf version from the manufacturers website.. there will be a section on it or tell us the brand & model number
Which model? as D-Link make alot of devices..
Note that FTP can be other ports, need not use port 80 or port 8080. Printing IS normally not on port 80 or port 8080 either.
Doing it otherwise will mean you have to config your lil sis's machine's network settings also. In theory you could block her MAC address from using ports 80 and 8080 if the router will let you do that, but that gets complex.
There is one other way, and again it depends on router. It is possible with some routers to require authentication to use a port.... THEN, you would have to use a password to get onto the internet also, and unless she knew the PW also she could not get through the router to the internet.
Think about this, though, she might raise holy cain if you did any of this stuff.... Unless your parents agreed it was needed or you yourself were paying for the internet access. If she is doing a lot of Kazaa and Morpheus stuff, then you could block the morpheus and kazaa ports if you want no-one to use those, but that woudl block all users from doing this. Some routers will also let you schedule, but unless you set up a fixed IP LAN you cannot limit only one machine from using internet as DHCP can change the IPs each machine in the LAN's IP dynamicly adn without warning.
John.