How to Restrict Internet Access

[thrill3rnit3]

Is there anyway that I can restrict internet access to a few selected websites without having to purchase software to do the job? If so, how?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Rogerio]

You could use a firewall or a proxy.
If you are in a network then you should install the firewall (or a proxy) in the gateway.

[thrill3rnit3]

I'm not really sure how to do that :tongue:

I want to restrict the internet access so my little brother can only access a few approved websites.

[DaleSwanson]

You can install OpenDNS and use its filtering. I'm not sure if you can block all but a few sites, but you can block many categories. What you are trying to do is known as a 'whitelist'.

http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2008/08/07/protect-your-kids-online-with-any-os-using-open-dns/

Edit: What kind of router do you have? You may be able to set up whitelisting directly on there. Ideally you want to do something on the router level, as anything done on the PC could be circumvented pretty easy.

[thrill3rnit3]

You can install OpenDNS and use its filtering. I'm not sure if you can block all but a few sites, but you can block many categories. What you are trying to do is known as a 'whitelist'.

http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2008/08/07/protect-your-kids-online-with-any-os-using-open-dns/

Edit: What kind of router do you have? You may be able to set up whitelisting directly on there. Ideally you want to do something on the router level, as anything done on the PC could be circumvented pretty easy.

I completely forgot my router login details so I might have some problems accessing the router home page.

I'm not really worried about it being circumvented, because it's just for my little brother and I doubt that he'll be able to do it cause he's like 7.

I'll look into this OpenDNS thing, thank you.

[DaleSwanson]

I completely forgot my router login details so I might have some problems accessing the router home page.

I'm not really worried about it being circumvented, because it's just for my little brother and I doubt that he'll be able to do it cause he's like 7.

I'll look into this OpenDNS thing, thank you.

Routers have reset buttons on them which will reset all the settings including the password.

[offshoredevel]

Hi,
You could use a firewall or a proxy and if you dont know exactly what to do with firewall and a proxy than get another way like you will get more info from here http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/restrict-access-to-websites/4852.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Restrict-Web-Browsing-Using-Internet-Explorer

Thanks
Mayur Shah