Re: Lock out internet access?

OK, I will include a snippet:

The OP stated:
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Is there a simple software switch in Windows XP that will allow traffic
to/from my 98SE computer but not the internet?
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How does diddling with the router satisfy this request?

>The OP specifically requested a way to preclude one system from
reaching the
>internet.

True, and my solution satisfied that, he mentioned nothing of denying
the user of that machine a method to change this behavior.

>He did not make that a conditional request, period.

Ah, but you are wrong:

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(With (b), it would be useful to allow internet access on rare one-off
occasions (e.g. download updated driver) but I want it to be locked out
of
the internet for 99% of the time.)
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Rare one-off occasions sounds like an example of a conditional
situation.

Anyway, didn't want to argue, was just wonering what you meant by
"doomed to fail". Point is, either way will work, let the OP decide
which road to take, unless you have some sort of reasoning behind
declaring one method better than the other.



KW