Big Brother

[geezer]

I am new to ADSL, having being a Dial-Up user since 1997. WOW, what a difference! For my humble needs is my 192 option more than enough. I now would like to know if it is possible to monitor and/or limit the usage of each computer connected to my Telkom ADSl Wi-Fi router? The reason for this is to prevent my two sons from using up my available bandwith and unsure that each person connected only has 1 GB that he may utilise. I am eagerly awaiting your replies.

 

[graviti]

if you're using wifi to connect to each machine, it's gonna be tough. If it was a wired network, you could look at a firewall solution that interfaces with the router, and acts as a new router. Then you could. I'm not aware of any routers that allow you to limit users. Because you're wifi, you can't really get between the end users and the router.

 

[titanium]

Controlling access

Another solution is to buy a WebAfrica prepaid account, then create additional services within the account. E.g. if your WebAfrica account is user01, then that would be your account. Additional services would be user01a and user01b, and you would define a different password for each service.

Next step is to buy 1Gb for each service. On the machine (or machines, as the case may be) create three PPP accounts with the login details of each service. Give your sons their own unique accounts and passwords (that they obviously shouldn't share).

Then each son has 1Gb prepaid ADSL for his own use. If he uses it all up before the month end, too bad - has to wait till the next month, or beg his brother for his access details ;-)

I haven't tried this, but in theory it should work (anyone who disagrees, feel free to shoot down this idea in flames). You would need to set your ADSL router in bridge mode for this to work, and put up a firewall to protect your computers from the Internet.

Cheers

 

[kingmonty]

or use an old machine and install Linux + Squid Proxy server. Using an Access Control List in conjunction with certain rules you can limit the amount and times that other computers access the internet.

 

[titanium]

Controlling access

EDIT - sorry, duplicate posting, although VB told me the post failed. Deleted this one.

 

[graviti]

or use an old machine and install Linux + Squid Proxy server. Using an Access Control List in conjunction with certain rules you can limit the amount and times that other computers access the internet.

As I mentioned in my previous post, this would be viable if he were running a wired network, but he's running wireless. So the linux box can be taken out of the equation.


---/wireless/-------->PC 1
|
--->Telkom WIFI router ---/wireless/-------->PC 2 ???PROXY
|
---/wireless/-------->PC 3

There is nowhere that you can put a linux box that is going to intercept the wireless. The only way a linux box will help would be to run wired into the linux box, and then add a wifi card to the linux box, and turn it into an AP. Disable the wireless feature of the Telkom router, assuming it has a Ethernet out port.

 

[Gangrel]

Another solution is to buy a WebAfrica prepaid account, then create additional services within the account. E.g. if your WebAfrica account is user01, then that would be your account. Additional services would be user01a and user01b, and you would define a different password for each service.

Next step is to buy 1Gb for each service. On the machine (or machines, as the case may be) create three PPP accounts with the login details of each service. Give your sons their own unique accounts and passwords (that they obviously shouldn't share).

Then each son has 1Gb prepaid ADSL for his own use. If he uses it all up before the month end, too bad - has to wait till the next month, or beg his brother for his access details ;-)

I haven't tried this, but in theory it should work (anyone who disagrees, feel free to shoot down this idea in flames). You would need to set your ADSL router in bridge mode for this to work, and put up a firewall to protect your computers from the Internet.

Cheers

This solution would work very well, you will need to put you router into bridge mode and have each computer on the network "dial out" itself. I currently run a setup at home where I have 2 computers each dialing a shaped and a prepaid shaped account (I like having the unshaped goining to my own hosted server as it gives me a lower latency).

 

[bwana]

Does the Telkom ADSl Wi-Fi router have built-in RADIUS support?

 

[Turbo_Aspiration]

Cant u use the modem in bridge mode, using the linux box as your proxy... then using the AP, network the pc's and configure them to point to the linux box?

I dont no much about wireless networking, why would the above not work?