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How to disable internet on 50 network PC

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LeopardosK

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Hello ,
Im Planning to disable Internet connection on 50 Computers on my Network ...
As my Boss suggested , to Force all the Users to Login Via the domain by creating new accounts and Move local user Files to the new doman accounts encludes My documents , Desktop ..... etc ...
This way will take ALOT and Alot of time....
and other suggestion which to block Internet explorer ... but it will not help since there could be another programs downloaded as Firefox , Realplayer which includes WebBrowser...
is there any other and easier way to do it ? which realy to prevent users to use the internet ?
any suggestions Please ?
Thanks
 
they have this cool thing. called a firewall. you need to have one on your perimeter network. you could do a proxy server for web as well.

modern firewalls (BIG $$$) can decrypt ssl on the fly if you want to sniff that too.
 
login as administrator and in their cpu's and disable the ethernet or wireless adaptor and give them limited access. this way they will not be able to use the adaptor. but then none of the pc's will be able to communicate to each other r the central serer either
 
Simple way to do it if all of the computers are on the same network segment is remove the default gateway from each computer. If there are multiple network segments though, this will not work because the segments wont be able to communicate with each other.

Best way to do it, as already suggested, is to use a firewall and/or a proxy server to restrict the access that way.
 
Is this for a bussiness? Becuase i think the OP needs to flesh out in more detail what the goals and objectives are for his IT infrastructure. It also sounds like he is fighting some user issues by addressing it only with technology and not a combination of technology and policy.

More info needed so that we can advise you on how to proceed.
 
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Rather than disabling internet on individual PC's - if you have a domain setup, setup Microsoft ISA and route all internet through this - that way you can selectively restrict what you want on the server side as you need it. As far as moving files over from a local account to a domain account - sorry if this sounds harsh but you need to have a REAL systems administrator that handles your network if you have 50 pc's because you don't seem to know how to create automated tools to handle this task for you.

In reality - performing those tasks on a proper domain network with someone that is a systems administrator - a few hours for all the computers. Look into user state migration tools, group policy, etc.
 
Well ... sorry im alittle late.. was busy the past few days ..
i did a group policy on the users @ my domain .. and it did work and im done with them ..
But ... there is other computers which located at other buildings and other cities ... which i cant get them into my Domain .. they'r connected with Router --> Hub to Computers..
i tried to disable the internet using IE password .. preventing them to join all sites but the ones i choice ... but all the sites that i promote them to work normal shows the password windows like its locked ... example : i did allow www.google.com , but it shows me to put password if i click somewhere which links me to ad.google.com ... but this just an example ... the bank sites are more complicated which shows me ALOT of times to put password ... due to different links on same website.
and im realy sick of this way .. me and my mate going again to boss to tell him its useless this way (IE Password) ..
is there another way to disable the internet (browsing the web) and enable on specific sites ? like bank sites etc... on each pc ?
Thanks , and i rly hope some1 will try to help me with a good way to do it ...
*NOTE : That i meant about "disable internet" is to disable Websites but the ones i choice , ( Each computer has different allowed sites than other computer ) depends on the Person Position...

and sorry about my english .. :O
 
pony up for a real web filtering solution like websense. lets you create policies (ie either a white list or black lists or a combo of the two) against user logins in AD.
 
Emulex said:
they have this cool thing. called a firewall. you need to have one on your perimeter network. you could do a proxy server for web as well.

modern firewalls (BIG $$$) can decrypt ssl on the fly if you want to sniff that too.
Click to expand...

uh...huh?
 
Look into Websense. It's super pricy though.

Another solution is some kind of proxy setup. Force everyone to use the proxy and block outgoing connections from all those PCs so they can't connect to outside IPs on port 80 / 443. Technically you could block most other ports too unless they're needed for work related stuff.
 
maybe im missing something but why cant you just use your firewall to block the http ports if you want to keep them from going online.
 
Perhaps I am missing something, but couldn't you just restrict access to specified domains over an IP range via your switch/router/firewall?
 
the chinese know how to tunnel through the most complex firewalls. same thing can apply with a smart user or hacker.
 
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