I have a lab of computers that I want to disable internet
access. I run a Novell 4x network, so my first thought
was to disable tcp/ip. Well that worked until i realized
that the Master Vision software we use in the lab relies
on tcp/ip. So my solution was to go into each computers
Local Security Policy and use 127.0.0.1 as the proxy
server address at port 20 just for redundancy. This has
worked so far but was just wondering if there is a more
straight-forward fix.
Cody

One way would be to disable outbound access for these computers by their IP
address at the firewall, which would require that their addresses be static or
within a scope of computers denied access. Another way would be to configure
them to have no or wrong default gateway. --- Steve


"Cody John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:116a601c3f58b$c46098b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a lab of computers that I want to disable internet
> access. I run a Novell 4x network, so my first thought
> was to disable tcp/ip. Well that worked until i realized
> that the Master Vision software we use in the lab relies
> on tcp/ip. So my solution was to go into each computers
> Local Security Policy and use 127.0.0.1 as the proxy
> server address at port 20 just for redundancy. This has
> worked so far but was just wondering if there is a more
> straight-forward fix.
> Cody

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:25:14 -0800, "Cody John"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a lab of computers that I want to disable internet
>access. I run a Novell 4x network, so my first thought
>was to disable tcp/ip. Well that worked until i realized
>that the Master Vision software we use in the lab relies
>on tcp/ip. So my solution was to go into each computers
>Local Security Policy and use 127.0.0.1 as the proxy
>server address at port 20 just for redundancy. This has
>worked so far but was just wondering if there is a more
>straight-forward fix.

Block them in your firewall.

Jeff

"Cody John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<116a601c3f58b$c46098b0$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I have a lab of computers that I want to disable internet
> access. I run a Novell 4x network, so my first thought
> was to disable tcp/ip. Well that worked until i realized
> that the Master Vision software we use in the lab relies
> on tcp/ip. So my solution was to go into each computers
> Local Security Policy and use 127.0.0.1 as the proxy
> server address at port 20 just for redundancy. This has
> worked so far but was just wondering if there is a more
> straight-forward fix.


You could put all the lab machines into an OU and
use a GPO to control this. You could umplug the Lab
from the net, or filter the lab adresses at your router.

--
M Hickman

Hiya

You can use Browse Control, this can be downloaded from:
www.browsecontrol.com

Regards
Divyesh

"Cody John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<116a601c3f58b$c46098b0$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I have a lab of computers that I want to disable internet
> access. I run a Novell 4x network, so my first thought
> was to disable tcp/ip. Well that worked until i realized
> that the Master Vision software we use in the lab relies
> on tcp/ip. So my solution was to go into each computers
> Local Security Policy and use 127.0.0.1 as the proxy
> server address at port 20 just for redundancy. This has
> worked so far but was just wondering if there is a more
> straight-forward fix.
> Cody