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The pc's are going to be station right next to each other. Daft as it might sound but I like to keep an eye on what the kids are doing.
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There is nothing "daft" about that in any way whatsoever btw...
I have two desktops stationed side by side .....and a laptop too if needs be and i`m very very very conscious of what my girls are doing online.Although their all pretty clued up for their ages now.....i hope
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Ok just to put my in as mrsmac2006 has the computers next to each other and she wants to keep an eye on what the children are doing and have control when they have access to the internet why not share the connection with her computer being the master PC with two NICs (network interface card) and the children’s computer being the slave with one NIC then all you need is a crossover cable and hey presto both computers have access to the internet.
The master computer could have a password set so unless it has been started with the password the children have no access to the internet.
While this is a little harder to set-up than a router its quite easy to set-up
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Pretty much what i do myself with 5 kids,4 machines and no proper router as such
My teenage son uses the separate stb connection on the pc upstair but he`s easy enough to monitor with ssh on the sly.