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and still leave leave it on the home net so i can reach a printer?

basic home lan with router - everybody on standard addresses assigned by router 192.168.0.xx

#2 son needs to be able to print but is unable to resist the urge to surf riding mowers, etc. (go figure) - currently just hardware disabling the nic but then i have to enable it to print which is a pain

TIA

just take the cable modem or dsl power plug with you

you can do it router level and block his IP from getting net

I want the rest of the network to have internet access so cutting out the modem is not an option (would kill my folding numbers, hehe) - plus my wife needs it

I have an older dlink dsl modem/router - i'll look into blocking it there

sounds like i will have to assign a static ip to that machine to do that right? some other machine might be powered off and his machine might pick up that ip address

thanks!

Depends on whether the person using it is computer savvy. You can setup a fake proxy address in the Internet Connections settings for LAN on that computer. Just supply a dummy IP address for the proxy like 127.0.0.1

You could use a firewall app and block port 80 (HTTP).

You could setup that computer on static IP on the LAN and DON'T enter any values for the DNS server or gateway - all you need is an IP address to share files/printers. Or, alternately, setup a static IP on that computer and then setup port filtering on the router to block port 80 to that IP address.

If the person using it is a bit tech savvy then it's harder, but I assume this is not a techie? If he is then you want to do one of the last two mentioned above but give him a user account on the computer that is restricted so he can't meddle with the IP address settings. Password protect the admin account so he can't get into it.

For total dummies I just delete all the IE and Windows Update shortcuts, but your son is probably brighter than that.

think I will probably try the phony dns route with a static ip - I need to leave the account as an admin account so he and his mom or teacher can install software - this is basically a home schooling computer (one of my dell 400sc boxes)

he's pretty clever for an 11 year old but not geekish...more interested in running his yard service enterprise

why not just let him look at his lawn mowers? what harm could it do?

Because this is probably the kind of lawn mowers he's looking at

Is that a dixie chopper mower?

lawnmowers i have no problems with, even special edition ones - but he has an uncontrollable (11 yr old) urge to click YES I want a weatherbug! Yes I want the best dealls on lawnmowers! etc.

2 or 3 clicks = 2 hrs worth of adware clean up

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Because this is probably the kind of lawn mowers he's looking at

That's enough to get ME interested in cutting grass again......

Originally posted by wvjohn
think I will probably try the phony dns route with a static ip - I need to leave the account as an admin account so he and his mom or teacher can install software - this is basically a home schooling computer (one of my dell 400sc boxes)

he's pretty clever for an 11 year old but not geekish...more interested in running his yard service enterprise

What router are you using?

it's old dlink dsl modem/router.....freebiie from the isp a couple of years ago - I have a newer linksys wired/wireless router which i just javen't gotten around to installing