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740002 2009-01-18 08:03:00 am going to set up a wireless home network so the young fella can use the net at the same time as me
we have both got lap tops an i want to set it up so he has a time limit
an will then cut out so he wont use up all of our gig allowance
is this possable
have got a d-link dir-300 wireless g router
have not set it up yet so i dont no if i can do this or not
cheers
newbee (10498)
740003 2009-01-18 08:24:00 Something like this?
www.netnanny.com

Computer Time Management

How much time do your children spend on the computer each day? Parents can have Net Nanny limit time spent online to a specified period each day.
feersumendjinn (64)
740004 2009-01-18 08:27:00 Vista's parental controls do that.

If you have Vista on your son's laptop, set up two user accounts on his laptop, one as an 'admin' account and one for your son to use. Go to Parental Controls in Control Panel and set it up in there- on the admin account, applying settings to his account.
jwil1 (65)
740005 2009-01-18 09:12:00 I know if you use the DD-WRT Firmware on your router that you can setup Time Limits, though I dont know if that works on those D-Link routers ...

Unsure about allowing a certain device X-amount of usage, thats something most people simply try and keep a close eye on. If you have 1GB, then thats approx 30MB a day .. if you start going over 30MB a day, either send the young fella outside for a day or two, or perhaps look at a larger plan / different ISP. You'd be surprised at the pricing difference out there :)
Chilling_Silence (9)
740006 2009-01-18 10:47:00 will have a look into all of these options
sorry i didnt mean gig as in 1gig, am on a 12gig bigpond plan so its not so much the data usedge its more so that he is not sitting playing ruinscape
all day on the holidays when we are at work
newbee (10498)
740007 2009-01-18 10:50:00 also i an on vista home an he is xp pro newbee (10498)
740008 2009-01-18 11:31:00 I think Windows SteadyState has time restrictions? Im not sure if its "Between X & Y" or "X length per-day", but Im pretty positive you can set time restrictions!

Free download from Microsoft, should be just what you're after! Works with WinXP :)
Chilling_Silence (9)
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