lock down available networks

19 Dec 2005 3:04 PM

Tony

Does anyone know how I can lock down a workstation so that it can ONLY
attach to a specified wireless network.

Let me explain a little bit. I recently set up a ton of filter rules
for my wireless router, to block certain sites from the kids, only to
find out that they were attaching to a neighbors hotspot (which is not
secured) to get around the filters.

I was hoping to specify my home network on there workstations and then
lock them down to avoid this problem.

Any ideas?

Thanks

19 Dec 2005 5:14 PM

Bob Willard

Tony wrote:

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>Does anyone know how I can lock down a workstation so that it can ONLY
>attach to a specified wireless network.
>
>Let me explain a little bit. I recently set up a ton of filter rules
>for my wireless router, to block certain sites from the kids, only to
>find out that they were attaching to a neighbors hotspot (which is not
>secured) to get around the filters.
>
>I was hoping to specify my home network on there workstations and then
>lock them down to avoid this problem.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>

Try psychology instead of technology -- put the kid's PC in the most heavily
traveled (by adults) room; then give them a set of rules of 'net behavior.
Tell them that you have the right to look over their shoulders, then do so.
Check their email, check their browser's history, and visit every site they
use; if they go where they do not belong, pull the plug on the PC for a
few days.

It is a giant mistake to let kids have a networked PC in their bedrooms
or other private nooks. Kids need monitoring IMHO, and parents have an
obligation to supply it.

In our house, the kid's PCs and most other PCs are in the "PC lab", where
kids are monitored by the chief ogre (me). The rules are known, the
violations lead to loss of privileges, and the results have been pretty
good for the >4 years of the kids having their own PCs. The kids know that
they are not allowed to visit any site that has not been approved by me or
their mother or a teacher. {I also bar usage of all flavors of IM for
minors, which is how I won my ogre award.}

Good luck.

--
Cheers, Bob

20 Dec 2005 8:41 AM

Ian

> Tell them that you have the right to look over their shoulders, then do so.
> Check their email, check their browser's history, and visit every site they
> use; if they go where they do not belong, pull the plug on the PC for a
> few days.

Oh dear, wouldn't want to be in your shoes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma

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