'Disable' broadband

Could someone please tell me what settings to
change in the router to make the router appear to
be working okay (all the indicator lights stay on)
but actually disable connectivity?

Nothing sinister; my partners son is misbehaving
and I don't want him to blame his mum for
disconnecting the broadband.

LP wrote:
> Could someone please tell me what settings to change in the router to
> make the router appear to be working okay (all the indicator lights stay
> on) but actually disable connectivity?
>

Hmm. An interesting problem.

PROBABLY firewall his PC out..there are other ways. Many routers have
timers that will allow access only at certain times of the day..

> Nothing sinister; my partners son is misbehaving and I don't want him to
> blame his mum for disconnecting the broadband.

"LP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Could someone please tell me what settings to change in the router to make
> the router appear to be working okay (all the indicator lights stay on)
> but actually disable connectivity?
>
> Nothing sinister; my partners son is misbehaving and I don't want him to
> blame his mum for disconnecting the broadband.

Point the proxy-server setting to his ISPs status page or other similarly
boring web-page.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

> Nothing sinister; my partners son is misbehaving
> and I don't want him to blame his mum for
> disconnecting the broadband.

If it's just website "misbehaving", and depending on his age, try
using the free filter offered by http://www.k9webprotection.com - it
has a timer facility and will stop most "web based" activity unless he
uses a linux boot disc :-)

"Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:-(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> Could someone please tell me what settings to change in the router to
>> make the router appear to be working okay (all the indicator lights stay
>> on) but actually disable connectivity?
>>
>> Nothing sinister; my partners son is misbehaving and I don't want him to
>> blame his mum for disconnecting the broadband.
>
> That would only be shoving the problem under the carpet. She needs to
> address the underlying problem.
>
> Peter Crosland
>
Oh do shut up! Or is this something you can't run to Google with and
cut and paste the answers passing them off as your own?

Clive <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Oh do shut up! Or is this something you can't run to Google with and
> cut and paste the answers passing them off as your own?

I've not known Peter Crosland pass off other people's answers as his
own. Speaking as a parent, his comment seems pretty reasonable to me.

Or perhaps you know something we don't?

Chris

LP wrote:
> Could someone please tell me what settings to change in the router to
> make the router appear to be working okay (all the indicator lights stay
> on) but actually disable connectivity?
>
> Nothing sinister; my partners son is misbehaving and I don't want him to
> blame his mum for disconnecting the broadband.

Turn off NAT on the router.

Peter Crosland wrote:

>
> That would only be shoving the problem under the carpet. She needs to
> address the underlying problem.
>

And there I was, thinking this was u.t.broadband.
More the fool, me then.

Yellow wrote:
>
> If you don't mind a sanctimonious reply that doesn't answer the question
> asked then yes, it was a pretty cool response.

it did answer the question, to wit, to 'disable' inappropriate broadband
use, talk to the kid and practice some parenting skills.

Mark McIntyre wrote:
> Yellow wrote:
>> Mark McIntyre [(E-Mail Removed)] said:
>>> Yellow wrote:
>>>> If you don't mind a sanctimonious reply that doesn't answer the
>>>> question asked then yes, it was a pretty cool response.
>>> it did answer the question, to wit, to 'disable' inappropriate
>>> broadband use, talk to the kid and practice some parenting skills.
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps, with respect, you should re-read the OP.
>
> Problem is, people often make a bunch of assumptions about the 'best'
> approach and ask how to implement it, when they really ought to be
> asking if it /is/ the best approach in the first place.
>
> This is a case in point - disabling broadband for a teenager isn't the
> right way to deal with inappropriate behaviour. Firstly its likely to
> cause a major bust-up with accusations of lack of trust, unfairness, not
> your business etc etc. Secondly it will probably drive the behaviour
> underground. Perhaps the target will start hacking neighbours' wireless,
> start 'borrowing' cellphones to gain access, sneak out to use friends'
> internet or cafes, or simply buy a router and swap it when the OP's
> partner isn't around.
>
>
>
Setting aside the fact that you are jumping to
(the wrong) conclusions, your response clearly
suggests that you don't work with teenagers or
have any children of your own. Then, again, that
too is irrelevant because as I have previously
pointed out this is uk.telecom.broadband where the
subject of raising children is off topic.