Broadband for student son?

My eldest has just signed a lease on his first student
flat and wants broadband. Is there a workable solution
that would enable me to control it remotely if I paid
for it?

Alan Poulter
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On Wed, 4 May 2005 19:07:15 +0000 (UTC), Alan Poulter
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>Is there a workable solution
>that would enable me to control it remotely if I paid
>for it?

define "control it remotely"

Phil
Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices :-)

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> My eldest has just signed a lease on his first student
> flat and wants broadband. Is there a workable solution
> that would enable me to control it remotely if I paid
> for it?
>
> Alan Poulter
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>

Alan

Maybe you should define "control".

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On 4 May 2005 19:07 UTC, Alan Poulter wrote:

>My eldest has just signed a lease on his first student flat and
>wants broadband. Is there a workable solution that would enable
>me to control it remotely if I paid for it?

Not sure quite what type of control you would want over it - the
bulk of ISP services offer similar facilities, some more costly,
some more flexible, so it also depends what your son may expect.

I'd say all are 'workable' solutions when it comes to broadband,
but again, depends what you are *both* wanting from the service.

There are "capped" services which are probably rather restricted
but "usable", while there are others which are from 14.99/month.


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Alan Poulter <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:Xns964CCCAE1F7EFalanpoulterdemoncouk@158.152. 254.254:
> My eldest has just signed a lease on his first student
> flat and wants broadband. Is there a workable solution
> that would enable me to control it remotely if I paid
> for it?

By 'control it remotely' I am thinking of a router whose
control functions I could access remotely for things like
connection and security settings, adding/removing users,
checking logs etc. Since the flat is communal others might
wish to use the connection.

Alan Poulter
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 14:33:27 +0000 (UTC), Alan Poulter
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>Alan Poulter <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:Xns964CCCAE1F7EFalanpoulterdemoncouk@158.152 .254.254:
>> My eldest has just signed a lease on his first student
>> flat and wants broadband. Is there a workable solution
>> that would enable me to control it remotely if I paid
>> for it?
>
>By 'control it remotely' I am thinking of a router whose
>control functions I could access remotely for things like
>connection and security settings, adding/removing users,
>checking logs etc. Since the flat is communal others might
>wish to use the connection.
>
>Alan Poulter
>(E-Mail Removed)


Well they can all chip in and pay for it, He's an adult now I'm sure
he can sort an internet connection out. If he can't what's he doing at
Uni or College.



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Alan Poulter <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>By 'control it remotely' I am thinking of a router whose
>control functions I could access remotely for things like
>connection and security settings, adding/removing users,
>checking logs etc. Since the flat is communal others might
>wish to use the connection.

Most ADSL routers can be accessed from the outside for admin purposes.

You won't have much remote control over users though, except that you
can control wifi connections by creating an access list of mac numbers
(e.g. Draytek 2600 routers).

On Thu, 05 May 2005 16:06:31 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) (Peter) wrote:

>You won't have much remote control over users though, except that you
>can control wifi connections by creating an access list of mac numbers

on some you can set up content fitlering, allow access at certain
times of day etc etc.

Smacks of control freakery, any clued up kid would be replacing the
externally controlled box with an open one.

Phil
Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices :-)

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Alan Poulter wrote:
> Alan Poulter <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:Xns964CCCAE1F7EFalanpoulterdemoncouk@158.152. 254.254:
>> My eldest has just signed a lease on his first student
>> flat and wants broadband. Is there a workable solution
>> that would enable me to control it remotely if I paid
>> for it?
>
> By 'control it remotely' I am thinking of a router whose
> control functions I could access remotely for things like
> connection and security settings, adding/removing users,
> checking logs etc. Since the flat is communal others might
> wish to use the connection.
>
> Alan Poulter
> (E-Mail Removed)

You can access a router or any other device remotely if you know the IP
address, however you'd need to make it accessible through any firewall,
which you might not want to do. Also dynamic IP addresses can be
problematic in this respect <g>

Ivor

On 5 May 2005 18:17, "Ivor Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>You can access a router or any other device remotely if you know the IP
>address, however you'd need to make it accessible through any firewall,
>which you might not want to do.

Clearly he would be willing to make that reachable, and the routers I've
seen allow for a specific IP to be allowed access (so assuming his own is
fixed, it would be one which had control access, as well as ones on the
LAN). Unless there's really strong reason for r/c, I'd leave it to the
son, who is going to be (a) physically nearby, and (b) undermined if he
isn't in a position to check/test it.

Cannot see the need for some 'remote control' unless the people using the
kit are unwilling or unable to cope with a few menus and /really/ need /
want assistance (the way a few of my clients do... not saying any are
unable to do it, they'd just prefer not to have to concern themselves
about the minutiae). Peter M.