How can I block websites off

[Azurik]

I have a wireless network at my house via Linksys. I'm trying to block www.kingdomsatwar.com from a kid that uses my network, but his mom doesn't want him to play this on his iPhone.

I have no idea what his IP address is so I just blocked the entire range of IP addresses, specifying www.kingdomsatwar.com as the only website to block.

However, whenever I enable this, my whole entire internet is blocked. Attached is the screenshot of my settings, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?!?

 

[Emulex]

so you think this will block his 3G?

 

[Azurik]

so you think this will block his 3G?

His phone doesn't have service, so he's connecting through my wireless network to get internet access.

 

[JackMDS]

I do not think that you have to put any IP or MAC, leave the second menu alone.

Just Blocking the website should block it for all computers that are using the Router.

If you want to block his iPhone from using the Wireless all together. Log the iPhone with the MAC filter Off, let it register the MAC number, then switch On the MAC filter, and block the registered iPhone's MAC number.

 

[Fardringle]

Looking at your settings, you have the IP ranges set to IP address 0 and IP address 255 as the ONLY ones allowed access. To configure that properly, it should be 0~255 in the first IP address range to apply the rule for all attached computers.

Or, if you don't want to use this rule for everyone, leave the IP address range blank and look at your DHCP client list (I believe it's on the Status tab) to find the MAC address of his iPhone and put that in the MAC address list so that the rule will apply to the phone even when it gets a different IP address from the router.

 

[stlcardinals]

Two simple options:

1. Change your wireless security and don't give him the password.

2. Use OpenDNS to block the domain.

 

[xSauronx]

a second vote for keeping the kid off your wifi. unless you have some arrangement with his mom im not sure why its your business to filter what the kid does *shrug*

if youre just being nice then, as fardringle said

Looking at your settings, you have the IP ranges set to IP address 0 and IP address 255 as the ONLY ones allowed access. To configure that properly, it should be 0~255 in the first IP address range to apply the rule for all attached computers.

should do it

 

[Gillbot]

a second vote for keeping the kid off your wifi. unless you have some arrangement with his mom im not sure why its your business to filter what the kid does *shrug*

if youre just being nice then, as fardringle said



should do it

The above ^

 

[gsaldivar]

Use OpenDNS to block the domain.

Easy to circumvent this if the user is even marginally computer literate...

 

[Nothinman]

Easy to circumvent this if the user is even marginally computer literate...

Unless you block all outbound DNS requests and make the user use your local DNS server. But then we're back to figuring out the restrictions on that SOHO router. =)

 

[Crusty]

Unless you block all outbound DNS requests and make the user use your local DNS server. But then we're back to figuring out the restrictions on that SOHO router. =)

FF can tunnel DNS over a SOCKS proxy

 

[Nothinman]

FF can tunnel DNS over a SOCKS proxy

Yea, anything like this is only going to be remote difficult to bypass if all outbound traffic is blocked and only a whitelist allowed out.

 

[Azurik]

Looking at your settings, you have the IP ranges set to IP address 0 and IP address 255 as the ONLY ones allowed access. To configure that properly, it should be 0~255 in the first IP address range to apply the rule for all attached computers.

That did it - thanks! I guess I wasn't reading too carefully because I thought it meant from one range to another, so I was trying to encompass all computers by doing:

192.168.0.0 - 192.168.254.254

But now I see it was allowing me to put two different sets of ranges. Opps

 

[Fardringle]

I'm glad I could help!