Reply to: Monitoring internet usage in the house- feckin teenagers

[escapeUK]

So schools are off....
Teen doing his GCSEs this year. Decided theres no point now.

But isn't he right? Schools said no exams and they are just going to give them a grade from teachers experience. Might as well let him enjoy himself, its not like there's gonna be any jobs for this corona generation.

[mjcp]

let him have CoD, but block the porn

Pi-Hole


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[SueEllen]

Oh and he would be a key worker if he was working and trained...

[SueEllen]

Tried in the past - he worked out how to spoof it...

Should get him to do a hacking course ensuring it has the law on hacking in it.

You may as well get him trained up for something he can easily do and make a living from.

[psychocandy]

What are his plans for after GCSEs?

Can you work towards those?

Doing work for the sake of it will not wash with many teenagers.

A levels. Yeh all he can see at the moment is "exams cancelled why bother?"

He honestly is planning 16 hours a day on online gaming x however many months.

[psychocandy]

Block his MAC address on the router.

Tried in the past - he worked out how to spoof it...

[psychocandy]

Just to warn you, that what you're starting here is a serious cat and mouse game. There are VPNs and all sorts of ways around restrictions and I suspect he's got more time, patience and dedication to finding workarounds than you have stopping it.

I agree with people pointing you at router settings - you want to be doing this at a network level, at least initially. At the very least you should be able to disrupt his gaming as that'll suck over VPN etc. Doesn't mean he's going to start doing work, though.

You could look at open DNS for a start: Home Internet Security | OpenDNS where you change your routers DNS server (VERY easy to bypass his side, though, by setting a different DNS server on his machine)

But, ultimately, I do think this has to be parenting first. I..e, physical intervention - can't be trusted, then you work in the kitchen.

oh yes been there. Mac address blocking - he worked that one out.

[vwdan]

Just to warn you, that what you're starting here is a serious cat and mouse game. There are VPNs and all sorts of ways around restrictions and I suspect he's got more time, patience and dedication to finding workarounds than you have stopping it.

I agree with people pointing you at router settings - you want to be doing this at a network level, at least initially. At the very least you should be able to disrupt his gaming as that'll suck over VPN etc. Doesn't mean he's going to start doing work, though.

You could look at open DNS for a start: Home Internet Security | OpenDNS where you change your routers DNS server (VERY easy to bypass his side, though, by setting a different DNS server on his machine)

But, ultimately, I do think this has to be parenting first. I..e, physical intervention - can't be trusted, then you work in the kitchen.

[vetran]

I know you are, but what am I?

oh so Clarkson like. Did you punch the producer?

[DaveB]

Many Routers can do this if you have something other than the cheap as possible ISP standard offerings.

We have one one of these and it's excellent. Full monitoring, reporting functions, QoS, parental controls etc and the ability to manage remotely from a phone so you can easily turn his access on and off as needed.

RT-AC87U | Networking | ASUS USA

[quackhandle]

You're all thinking this far too much.


Remove the fuse out of the plug(s).

qh

[BlueSharp]

Block his MAC address on the router.

[Old Greg]

what fat, unattractive and bit of a knob?

I know you are, but what am I?

[vetran]

I'm the thinking woman's Jeremy Clarkson.

what fat, unattractive and bit of a knob?

[Old Greg]

Jeremy Clarkson is that you?

I'm the thinking woman's Jeremy Clarkson.