One net connection only

[bbwannabe]

This is a longshot but here goes.

Is it possible to disable creation of new internet dialup connections or only allow connection through net using 0800 numbers? I want to disable this on my brothers computer because he dials onto local rate ISPs whenever he doesnt have access to ntl (because someone in the house is using it, etc.) and the bills getting expensive with him using it during afternoon times.

[Raistlin]

How expensive?

Are you renting a seperate line for the internet?

If you are, and your total bill (call charges and line rental) comes to more than £17.99/month then you might want to consider BroadBand.

NTL's standard package (1MB) is only £17.99/month and you can all be on the internet at the same time, and at considerably better speeds than you are getting at the moment.

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

How expensive?

Are you renting a seperate line for the internet?

If you are, and your total bill (call charges and line rental) comes to more than £17.99/month then you might want to consider BroadBand.

NTL's standard package (1MB) is only £17.99/month and you can all be on the internet at the same time, and at considerably better speeds than you are getting at the moment.

I don't know, but there may be a clue in the OP's username. Perhaps he/she can't get Broadband?

[Raistlin]

Sorry, had my psychic powers switched off and my deerstalker is at the dry cleaners.

[bbwannabe]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

How expensive?

Are you renting a seperate line for the internet?

If you are, and your total bill (call charges and line rental) comes to more than £17.99/month then you might want to consider BroadBand.

NTL's standard package (1MB) is only £17.99/month and you can all be on the internet at the same time, and at considerably better speeds than you are getting at the moment.

the username is before i got broadband.. i have it now.

Anyway im the only one with broadband access, my sis and older bro share a ntl line (dialup) and my other bro uses the other (my former connection). My bro (the one who doesnt share) tends to be on it all the time and to stop his access I cut his connection from the telephone jack, but he ends up using a BT line. He can rack up something in the regions of 100 quid, but not every time though. There isn't any real reason for him to need broadband speed, which is why getting it isnt ideal, neither would it get him off his computer and onto some schoolwork.

[KingPhoenix]

Why dont you get a wireless router and share the BB connection? thats gotta be cheaper than £100 each month or whatever it is

[bbwannabe]

Again it comes down to the issue of "get him off his computer and onto some schoolwork"

[danielf]

Originally Posted by bbwannabe

Again it comes down to the issue of "get him off his computer and onto some schoolwork"

There's got to be cheaper solutions for that. Get a router...

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by bbwannabe

Again it comes down to the issue of "get him off his computer and onto some schoolwork"

I'm sure many routers allow you to disconnect PC's from them, I know my DLink G604T allows me to lock out different MACs.

May be worth looking in to it, gotta be cheaper than paying for several dial-up accounts and phone lines!!

[KingPhoenix]

Originally Posted by bbwannabe

Again it comes down to the issue of "get him off his computer and onto some schoolwork"

Cut his modem leads... or put them "away" somewhere, and then set an access rule on the router to stop his net access at X time...

The thing i dont understand is, you originally was asking how to setup one connection to stop the bill from running up so high, and your shown a simple and easy method, and now its a case of getting him off the computer to do school work.. If the latter is more important.... simply take the PC away.... simple, done....

[bbwannabe]

lol, i wanted to be able to set only one connection up (ntl dialup - so it'll be free.) But if hes on too much I could cut him off. He needs his computer for work which he says he does do to the folks but as soon as they're gone, hes slacks off again. If I can stop him from creating another connection, and cut the phoneline off, he will still be able to use his computer, but not connect to another phoneline using a local rate ISP.

Its all v confusing.

If I take leads away or cut them he can always go out and get replacements. Luckily hes not that tech savvy so if I can find a way to disable his ability to make another connection, he may think a reformat is the only way to fix it. With his GCSEs coming up, I don't think he will.

...phew lol.

[Raistlin]

Ok, the modem is an internal one right?

Disable the modem (or better still ununstall it) and then share your BB access with him through a router.

You can then set the router up so that it only allows him to access the web during certain times of the day, or if he's been on too long and needs to get on with other things you can just temporarily lock him out.

[Angua]

Perhaps I might be somewhat of a dimbo but couldn't you organise some form of call barring on that line. You would probably need to attach a regular phone to the line just to set it up, but after that you should be OK.

Just a thought