Re: OT: Blocking Sites

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Author: George Toft
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: OT: Blocking Sites
Or worse - discover their smart phone has a wifi hotspot app and they
use that and run up your data plan at $15/GB . . .

Regards,

George Toft

On 7/8/2015 10:00 PM, wrote:
> I too cast a vote for doing this via your router because I suspect your offspring have or will soon have enough tech savvy to bypass anything you do on their machines ... or just borrow another machine.
>
> You can block domains, ip addresses and/or ports using your router's stock firmware or upgrade to dd-wrt if needed. If you do OpenDNS, configure your password protected router to use it.
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> Perhaps you can configure it so they have a gaming window, an acceptable time frame for which they can play.
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> If any of this conflicts with what you normally do, perhaps setup a second router for the kids to use.
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> Let us know what you do and if it works!
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>
> --Kenn
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