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Originally Posted by guthmund
Well, it's everyone's PC. Yanking the cable and such has been tried and didn't work. The woman has attempted to lay down some rules, but the girl just doesn't listen. She gets up at odd hours to get online usually when the rest of the family is sleeping.[/b]
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Have you considered upgrading the router to a more capable unit? I use a fairly inexpensive router that allows access restrictions to be configured. You can block access to specific URL's, utilize keyword blocking, exclude specific services (FTP, HTTP, POP3, etc) and setup specific time frames for access. Any of these methods can be applied to specific IP's within the network, or by MAC address. Up to ten of these "policies" can be configured.
As an example, I disallow all internet activity between 23:00 and 06:00. This would end the odd hours access; however, unless you can physically secure the hard wire access, this could be easily circumvented.
Personally, I would physically secure the router and cable modem behind a locked door and add another computer to the network. Then I would configure access restrictions by MAC address for that computer.
Good luck.