Locking down Internet to one address...?

[Guest]

I need to lock down a remote location computer to one static address via
XP/IE. I am assuming this will be through IE in it's settings but I am not
versed in locking out all but one location. It also has a linksys DSL router
but again I am not knowledgeable about the settings to accomplish this goal.
Anyone know how that can be done?

Clie

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I need to lock down a remote location computer to one static address
via XP/IE. I am assuming this will be through IE in it's settings
but I am not versed in locking out all but one location. It also has
a linksys DSL router but again I am not knowledgeable about the
settings to accomplish this goal. Anyone know how that can be done?

Clie

More info needed. You're trying to make sure that only one computer on that
network can get to the Internet? You can make sure it's the only one using
the right default gateway, and as long as users don't have local admin
rights they can't change it. Clumsy, but it might work for you. Or, are you
saying you want the computers to get to only one website, period? I don't
think your Linksys will do anything for you - you'd need a proxy server or
something to that effect. But check your Linksys manual/help files.

 

[Guest]

Clie, Not sure I understand what your objective is. The IP address is done
in XP, not in IE. You have a choice of using DHCP or specifying a static
address.

Linksys routers have DHCP built in. If it is active, then it will assign the
next available address to your XP (assuming you have DHCP enabled). It will
continue to communicate with your XP using that same address until it is
rebooted. If XP is not DHCP enabled, then the static IP in XP takes
precedent. Hope this helps.

 

[Colin]

Sounds to me like he wants to allow browsing of only one website from one of
his computers. This is possible and is done through IE. Let us know if
this is what you want.

 

[Guest]

Colin,

That is close to my goal. I have two stores that are remote locations from
the server at HQ. They connection via a linksys router ( 2-3 computer
intranet ) to the HQ linksys router by a cable ISP. There is no VPN ( not my
choice....). We found one location was browsing the Internet and
downloading "games". You can imagine the spyware build up that caused a
service call to us. We would like to have all computers at each remote
intranet to be locked into seeing/using only one IP address, that of the HQ.
Both remote and HQ are static addresses. Is that possible and if so via IE,
XP admin or the linksys?

I hope that clears up my miscommunications. And thanks guys for responding!

Clie

 

[Guest]

All computers to only one website address, thus locking all of the internet
out but that web address. See my reply to Colin please... I was thinking
the linksys could do a VPN single connection and also lock it to only that
address but Linksys Co. is not very helpful so far.

Clie

 

[Guest]

I understand your direction yet this is not the area I am having the problem.
The routers ( 2 remotes and HQ ) are all set with static IPs. Please see
my responses to the other replies to clear up my communication. Thanks,
Losgos.

Clie

 

[Colin]

Use Content Advisor within IE.
1 - open IE and click on the tools menu
2 - click on Internet Options
3 - click on the Content Tab
4 - Enable Content advisor. You wil need to set a password but don't forget
it because there is no recovery
5 - When you open IE it will ask you if you would like to ok this page, this
site, or never allow. Go to site you would like to allow and set to always
allow. By default the other sites won't be allowed. It will prompt for a
password which they won't have. You can disable content advisor at anytime
with the password you created earlier.

Have fun. There are other ways to do this but this is probably the easiest.
The other option would be to only use your host file when using IE, but
don't worry about that if this works. Let me know how it turns out.

Colin Moloney
www.securepc.org (forum for the Public Access Computing Security Tool)
www.pacomputing.org (download free tool here. Great for preventing kids
from changing pc settings)

 

[Guest]

I will try this and report my findings. Colin... Thank you. If you are ever
in Tyler, TX email me and I will buy you dinner if this works.

Clie

 

[Guest]

Colin,

This work completely for my needs. Thanks for the education. My offer for
dinner stands. Thank you, thank you, thank you! (Smile).

Clie