[kingarjan]

Hello.

I have a desktop pc and two laptops wirelessly connected to each other. The desktop is the ISP and is not wirelessly connected to the network, but wired. All three run on windows xp, they all have internet connectivity and are all able to share files, folders and printers.

My question is this...is there any way the desktop pc can control the other two laptop's access to the internet. Basically, is there any way of cutting their internet connection off?

Actually, what i really want to do is this; one of the laptops if my daughter's and the other is my son's. So i'm looking for the ability to prevent them accessing the internet on their laptops, and not in a way that would prevent them both at the same time. I want to be able to do this from my desktop pc, and be able to allow and disallow internet access as and when i say so from my desktop pc.

hope i made that clear

[Wolfeymole]

Hi King

Welcome to TCF

Are you set as full Administrator and what User Rights assignments have you allowed the kids?

More on Access Rights here and here

[kingarjan]

I'm not sure what you mean.

On the desktop pc we have a user account each, and mine is set as administrator, with rest being set to limited.

But on the wireless network i haven't done anything that has made me aware that the desktop is the administrator, or asked me what "rights" to give the laptops.

[Wolfeymole]

How are they getting onto the net unless via a router or via networked from your main pc?

[kingarjan]

The laptops have in-built 802.11g network adaptors. The desktop shares its internet connection over a home network. We use a linksys router.

[Wolfeymole]

Have you read the links I provided?

[kingarjan]

yeah i did, but i couldn't find anything about when the computers are seperate from each other, only how to do it on a single desktop - which i've already done.

[Wolfeymole]

Have a look at this King
If this does not help then I would ask that you bear with us until Dave (Site owner and Admin) comes online and he will help you further.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126/EN-US/

[kingarjan]

i'm afraid that didn't help. That just told me how to share my desktop's internet with the laptops, which i have already done. What i want to do is to be able to, from my desktop, block either laptops internet access. Here is a scenario.

I'm on the desktop. My sons playing an internet game on his laptop. My daughter should be doing her homework, but has become incredibly distracted by the world wide web and messengers. In this situation, i need to be able to disconnect her from the internet, but allow myself and my son to still have access to the internet. It's no good doing something on her laptop to prevent her getting online, she's pretty pc literate - so you see i need it to be fully controled from the desktop pc.

[XCalibre]

Okay so how are the notebooks connected to your desktop? Or do they connect directly to the router via their onboard wireless?