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Router to Set Limits for Internet Use ...???
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Any router running DD-WRT can restrict MAC addresses to specific times. And DD-WRT is fantastic.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices_802.11n
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices_802.11n
You're not doing it right
I have one, and use schedules to control my GF's teenage daughter and it works fine, although it's a bit tedious. First you have to setup the schedules, and then you have to apply them under access control for the MAC addresses of interest.
One other thing... I find it's easiest or perhaps best, to define the schedule for when you want to block access... rather than when you want to allow access. Perhaps give that a try.
You're not doing it right
I have one, and use schedules to control my GF's teenage daughter and it works fine, although it's a bit tedious. First you have to setup the schedules, and then you have to apply them under access control for the MAC addresses of interest.
One other thing... I find it's easiest or perhaps best, to define the schedule for when you want to block access... rather than when you want to allow access. Perhaps give that a try.
Thanks. I'll try setting it up again. I'll try restricting my iBook G4 first for practice ....
In my case, my teenager has 4 devices that can access the net... it's easier to just setup a schedule on the router based on MAC addresses.
Time of day is pretty easy - most routers offer this - for example Apple products. But the way they do this is to prevent you from connecting to the network at all. Might not be what you want.
Setting a time limit (i.e. 1hour/day) might be more difficult - I don't know of one that does this, but it might be possible.
Setting a time limit (i.e. 1hour/day) might be more difficult - I don't know of one that does this, but it might be possible.
Also look into Tomato Firmware. The reason I originally selected Tomato over DD-WRT was that (at least at the time) Tomato also supports bandwidth monitoring, to tell if you're getting close to the quota from your ISP. Tomato is extremely easy to configure, and supports nearly everything I've wanted to do, save perhaps dual WAN routing. We use Tomato for all telecommuters in our company.