Blocking Yahoo Chat

Is there anyway with one of the cheapy brand DSL/Cable routers to block
Yahoo chat? Having trouble with kids playing on our office PC's and want
way to end it for good. Company policy and passwords did not work.

Matt

"Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there anyway with one of the cheapy brand DSL/Cable routers to block
> Yahoo chat? Having trouble with kids playing on our office PC's and want
> way to end it for good. Company policy and passwords did not work.
>
> Matt

You've got to identify the port Yahoo Chat uses, then set your router to
block that port. Check the router mfr web site for specifics on your model.
Larry

> > Is there anyway with one of the cheapy brand DSL/Cable routers to block
> > Yahoo chat? Having trouble with kids playing on our office PC's and
want
> > way to end it for good. Company policy and passwords did not work.
> >
> > Matt
>
> You've got to identify the port Yahoo Chat uses, then set your router to
> block that port. Check the router mfr web site for specifics on your
model.
> Larry

Nope, Yahoo will proxy through port 80 so I need IP pool or domain name to
block.

Matt

"Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Is there anyway with one of the cheapy brand DSL/Cable routers to
block
> > > Yahoo chat? Having trouble with kids playing on our office PC's and
> want
> > > way to end it for good. Company policy and passwords did not work.
> > >
> > > Matt
> >
> > You've got to identify the port Yahoo Chat uses, then set your router to
> > block that port. Check the router mfr web site for specifics on your
> model.
> > Larry
>
> Nope, Yahoo will proxy through port 80 so I need IP pool or domain name to
> block.
>
> Matt

I'm thinking that might be a little tougher to setup on a cheap router. You
may have to spring for a name brand unit (like a Cisco). Is that connection
going through a managed switch? You may be able to set it there.

Larry

maybe forward port for yahoo chat to a nonexistant computer (black hole)
causes the router to throw away the packets. Think yahoo is on port 5050
among others

kk

"Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there anyway with one of the cheapy brand DSL/Cable routers to block
> Yahoo chat? Having trouble with kids playing on our office PC's and want
> way to end it for good. Company policy and passwords did not work.
>
> Matt
>
>

"Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there anyway with one of the cheapy brand DSL/Cable routers to block
> Yahoo chat? Having trouble with kids playing on our office PC's and want
> way to end it for good. Company policy and passwords did not work.
>
> Matt

You may need to use a utility like this: http://blockyahoo.port5.com/

More info here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

Larry

"Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there anyway with one of the cheapy brand DSL/Cable routers to block
> Yahoo chat? Having trouble with kids playing on our office PC's and want
> way to end it for good. Company policy and passwords did not work.
>
> Matt
>

Do you use your own DNS server? If so, one thing may be to set your DNS to
resolve the IP for the server incorrectly. You could also do it in the hosts
file of each computer...