1marcus4 wrote: For wireless clients go to Advanced Setup - Wireless Settings - Wireless Card Access Listing I cannot find this option within Netgear Genie for the WNDR4500. Can I reserve an IP address for each attached device and then filter them to be able to block the device(S) at will or by schedule? I have tried to filter an IP address alone but they can change depending on which device is connected and when it connects to the router. My older wireless router from Netgear allowed MAC address filtering - why not now?
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Thanks for any help and best regards, L. Just found Wireless Card Access List (Advanced, Advanced Setup, Wireless Settings, scroll to bottom for the Wireless Card Access List). So, it seems as though I/we have to register all devices that we wish to attach to the wireless/wired network in the Access List and then remove them when we wish to block access of the device(s)? I would love to be able to have an access/no-access(?) list where I can add a MAC address that I would like to block at will or by schedule. (Don't answer that, my wife already has). MAC addresses are static, IP addresses are not always which leads me to my prior question. Can I reserve an IP address for each attached device (not incl wireless router) and then filter them to be able to block the device(S) at will or by schedule?
Thanks again and best regards, L. Jmizoguchi wrote: ACL is ONLY to refuse the connection to wifi connectivity.
I will NOT block the usage of internet of any. Will this not block access to the internet due to the fact that it cannot access the wireless router within the home? BOTTOM LINE: I am a parent who wishes to block my child's access to my wireless router when I see fit either by will (login to router and deny access) or by a schedule determined by me.
It seems very convoluted to go through more steps than a simple control page that allows or disallows a MAC address to connect. What could be the reasoning behind this missing feature? I am truly trying to understand the implications. Thanks to anyone with insight. Best regards, L.
I am looking for a way to restrict Internet access for specified periods of time that I decide on so that I, the admin, cannot access the internet during the restricted time period, and that I also cannot override this in any way even though I am the admin, except by formatting my hard disk and reinstalling my OS. I am not looking for reversible methods like a browser add-on or parental controls (I'm the admin) or router changes (I do not own the router).
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I want something at the level of the OS, something that requires administrator privileges (of course something like this cannot be done other than by an admin), and something irreversible. I would be grateful and very happy to adopt any way of reaching my goal. First, let's clear up a misconception. I am looking for a way to restrict.
That I decide on so that I, the admin, cannot access. And that I also cannot override this in any way even though I am the admin.that requires administrator privileges (of course something like this cannot be done other than by an admin), and something irreversible. In other words, can you (as an admin) modify the OS to prevent an activity that another admin cannot circumvent? Anything one admin can do, another can undo. That's not to say that you can't make it very difficult to do the 'undoing.'
So, here's a short recipe using the built-in firewall, pf to achieve a relatively good bit of what you're trying to accomplish. Use pf to 'disable' your Internet. create your own pf.conf firewall ruleset that blocks all Internet traffic. that enables/disables pf at certain times of the day. Block your sudo access to pfctl.
The meat and potatoes to blocking your Internet access is pf so, we'll look at that here. Block Internet Access You can block all of your Internet access with a really simple rule set. So, assuming the pf rule are set in the file /pf/pfblockall.conf, just set the following two lines: block in all block out all You can then 'break' your Internet with the simple command by enabling pf and specifying the custom rule set. $ sudo pfctl -e -f /pf/pfblockall.conf When you're ready to have Internet again, just disable pf $ sudo pfctl -d (Go ahead, try this out to see how it blocks the Internet). Running the launchd plist You would want to run this as a LaunchDaemon because then, it will execute as root and you wouldn't need the sudo function to execute. You would need two plists run at certain intervals; one to enable and another to disable pf. Goes into detail on how to achieve this.
Blocking access to pfctl To remove the ability of you just typing in sudo pfctl. You will need to remove (well, at least make it difficult) permission to execute.
In the /etc/sudoers file you can exclude a program with the following entry: Tim ALL = ALL,!/sbin/pfctl That will prevent you from executing pfctl, but there are workarounds to this. See the link above.