[pfrad]

Hi There all , I have a pc in a childs room, and I want to be able to curtail internet activity at certain times, is there a way of doing this through the home router, or any other way if someone knows.
Thanks

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What brand and model of router do you have? Some routers you can, others don't have such customizations.

[Ppillman]

What brand and model of router do you have? Some routers you can, others don't have such customizations.

[Major Payne]

Might take a look through all the listed Parental Control software. Some do more than just allow you to set on/off times. You can have your child's emails sent to you, record every outgoing/incoming IM plus keystrokes. Be sure to set a good password so the child can not override it.

Parental Control & Monitoring

[VinnyTAMU]

Hi There all , I have a pc in a childs room, and I want to be able to curtail internet activity at certain times, is there a way of doing this through the home router, or any other way if someone knows.
Thanks

Most routers sold for home use (that I have seen) have options to restrict specific internal IP addresses, MAC addresses, or physical ports to only talking to the internet at set time intervals.

Also a free way to keep your children from going to *bad* websites is to use OpenDNS.

[sundaypark]

Install parental control software on your kid's computer,then you can control ,restrict and record access and usage of the PC. Such software I know is SentryPC,it's the professional parental control software so you can trust it.Hope this help.

[Tree Newbie]

Put the PC in the living room instead of his own room.
If you still feel anxious, just install a parental control software to set the online time-out