Disabling Base Station access

I'm leaving town for a few days, and I dont want my son to
have internet access while I'm gone. Last time I tried to
limit his access by disabling his network device when I
left, he was smart enough to get on my computer and figure
out how to reset the base station. I know there is a way
to make the "Base Station Management Tool" link "greyed
out", or disabled, but unfortunately..I can't remember how
to do it. Any help here would be appericiated, as soon as
possible..I'm leaving in the morning and I don't want my
wife trying to configure settings on my computer as I try
to explain it over the phone. Thanks in advance.

~Jim

The grey out is a bug, and he still can reset the router
using the reset button on the back, and then configure it
with IE (or it may work out right away depending on your
ISP's configuration). I don't know how old is your kid, but
technically he could also just bypass the router and
connect to the modem.

The best solution is to take the modem with you, or the
router. If you only want to block access to your computer,
go to Control Panel/User Accounts and set a password for
your account. Or... rename the MBNU, if that's all you want
-- open My Computer, C:, Program Files, Microsoft Boradband
Networking, and rename MSBNUtil into MSBNUtil-hide (in some
systems MSBNUtil appears as MSBNUtil.exe). You may get an
error message during rebooting (can't find MSBNUtil.exe) --
just ignore it. Once you are back, rename the file back,
and everything will work as before.


>-----Original Message-----
>I'm leaving town for a few days, and I dont want my son to
>have internet access while I'm gone. Last time I tried to
>limit his access by disabling his network device when I
>left, he was smart enough to get on my computer and figure
>out how to reset the base station. I know there is a way
>to make the "Base Station Management Tool" link "greyed
>out", or disabled, but unfortunately..I can't remember how
>to do it. Any help here would be appericiated, as soon as
>possible..I'm leaving in the morning and I don't want my
>wife trying to configure settings on my computer as I try
>to explain it over the phone. Thanks in advance.
>
>~Jim
>.
>

Lock the modem in a box. This is not a technical issue but a political
issue between you & your son.

Jim wrote:

> I'm leaving town for a few days, and I dont want my son to
> have internet access while I'm gone. Last time I tried to
> limit his access by disabling his network device when I
> left, he was smart enough to get on my computer and figure
> out how to reset the base station. I know there is a way
> to make the "Base Station Management Tool" link "greyed
> out", or disabled, but unfortunately..I can't remember how
> to do it. Any help here would be appericiated, as soon as
> possible..I'm leaving in the morning and I don't want my
> wife trying to configure settings on my computer as I try
> to explain it over the phone. Thanks in advance.
>
> ~Jim