[SGVLUG] Preventing certain Machines from Internet

[Munjal Thakkar]

I believe most $30-50 consumer standalone routers have this function built
in now .....

Fry's anyone? Or am I misunderstanding something?

On 11/5/07, Arthur Baldwin <eengnerd at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows of an existing project where the following
> can be acheived:
>
> List of hardware:
>
> two 8 port hubs
> one fairly new IBM compatible PC with two NICs (acting as filter)
> one DSL Modem and connection
> 8 IBM compatible workstations
>
> Notes:  From one of the workstations, be able to limit the access on any
> number of the 8 workstations so that Internet access would be completely
> excluded.  All this without affecting the browse-ability of other
> workstations on the LAN (with File sharing and Printer sharing).  The
> machine names and IP Addresses would be known.
>
> I think that this type of software would fill a very common need in very
> small businesses (less than 10 employees).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Arthur
>
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