Restricting Web Access to Local Intranet

[wahoojeff]

I have a network with about 10 workstations (Win2k) and 5 of them are allowed internet access. The other 5 need to have access ONLY to our intranet, not the internet AT ALL. Our internet connection goes through a Linksys router rather than any server, and all 10 workstations use this router for access to the file server. ISA server isn't an option, because of budget. I realize that I'll have to restrict this usage at the workstation level, however I want to know if there is some way of accomplishing this through group policy. Or is there some sort of freeware/shareware program that will block ALL sites except for any that specifically allow?

 

[Rapidskies]

I take it your server is on the same subnet as your workstations. Since you only have 5 workstations, you could just remove the default gateway ip in tcp/ip settings for those 5 stations. They would then only be able to browse locally.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: Whade
I take it your server is on the same subnet as your workstations. Since you only have 5 workstations, you could just remove the default gateway ip in tcp/ip settings for those 5 stations. They would then only be able to browse locally.

A very clever solution.