[Wolves] gnome nanny

[David Jackson]

I would say the easiest option would be to block the MAC address on the router during certain times of the day.
Most routers even cheap ones tend to offer this option, and it's usually straight forward to do. However exact  instructions will depend on router model

Kind Regards

David Jackson


> On 1 Feb 2014, at 18:14, Barry W <baza41 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I was thinking along those lines myself, using script to deny access. Problem is this is beyond my skill level with linux :) So any pointers on how to do this very welcome.
> 
> Barry.
> 
> 
>> On 1 February 2014 17:45, Simon Burke <simonb at fatsportsman.eu> wrote:
>> 
>> On 1 Feb 2014 14:47, "Barry W" <baza41 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > A friend of mine is using a Debian laptop and wants to be able to limit the times users can have access to the internet. (no net after 11pm til 9am)
>> >
>> > I know a bit more about Linux than them so they asked me to sort it. I had a quick Google and Gnome Nanny seemed like the  ideal fix. Alas, I was unable to find a .deb of this package and attempts to compile keep failing.
>> >
>> > So my question. Is there somewhere I can get the .deb?
>> > Is there any other way to time restrict access to the internet?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Barry.
>> >
>> I know this might not be the kind of answer you may want,  but would doing something with cron at those times not be the easiest option?
>> For instance schedule a script to run at 11pm that takes the default gateway out and schedule another to put it back in when you want to enable net access again.  Maybe running ever so often to check its still gone to persist Reboots.
>> 
>> I'm assuming that the user's do not have root access as installing a package could easily be circumvented of they had anyway.
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Simon
>> 
>> Ps, 
>> Excuse my brevity as I am typing this on my phone. 
>> 
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