I want to write a small service that will simply disable internet
access from my kids PC between certain times (to make sure they do
their homework, etc). I know I could buy any number of internet
monitoring software but I don't want to act as 'big brother'.

What would be the simplest, most reliable way to do this using c#?

It depends on how you are connecting to the internet. We are connecting
through a LAN and I have built a simple application that changes IP address
to an address that is invalid on our network when the internet connection
should not be available. When your kids are small enough (not yet hackers
:-) ) you could change the shortcut they use to connect to the internet (or
to start applications they use on the internet) to point to a C# application
that checks whether the time is suitable for them to connect and
start/dismiss the desired application.

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>I want to write a small service that will simply disable internet
> access from my kids PC between certain times (to make sure they do
> their homework, etc). I know I could buy any number of internet
> monitoring software but I don't want to act as 'big brother'.
>
> What would be the simplest, most reliable way to do this using c#?
>

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:06:47 +0100, "Lebesgue" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>When your kids are small enough (not yet hackers
>:-) ) you could change the shortcut they use to connect to the internet (or
>to start applications they use on the internet) to point to a C# application
>that checks whether the time is suitable for them to connect and
>start/dismiss the desired application.
Would that stop them if they were connected when the time changed from
allowed to disallowed?

rossum

> Would that stop them if they were connected when the time changed from
> allowed to disallowed?

It depends on you how you implement the mechanism, of course... changing the
IP adress to an invalid one virtually stops the internet connection (no more
packets can be sent or received from the internet). It all depends on what
your particular scenario looks like.