[X4U] OS X Configurable Hardware Firewalls and Content Blocking

[Stan Gould]

My Netgear WGT624 wireless router/firewall allows for blocking of sites 
or restricting of sites by time of day. You can also restrict use of the 
internet to a schedule. The blocking is done by IP address, so you could 
block you daughter, but not yourself or someone else.

Although the Netgear WGT624 is listed as a wireless router, it has four 
ethernet ports, allowing it to be used as a wired router as well (which 
is what I do, as I don't trust wireless).

Hope this helps.

Stan

Edward O'Neal wrote:
> Does anyone know of an economical **hardware** firewall, configurable from
> OS X, which will allow me to block/restrict content?  If possible I would
> also like restrict Internet access to certain times of the day.
>
> I have run an all-Mac household (now all OS X) since 1984 but my daughter
> was recently issued a Dell laptop by her school.  I want to be able to
> manage internet access (for instance block or restrict access to myspace)
> without having to do any configuration on the PC.
>
> Specifically, I'd like an option to type in a web site address, domain, IP
> address, etc., and block it completely, restrict access to certain times of
> the day, and restrict users to only a certain number of hours of access.
> I'd also like to give different privileges to different clients (older kids
> get broader access than younger ones, etc.)
>
> It hasn't been an issue thus far since I have ContentBarrier installed on
> all of our Macs.  I won't be installing anything on the PC but I don't want
> to give her open access to my network without some restrictions.
>
> I am assuming a hardware firewall is the best option.   Does anyone on the
> list have experience with one of these that would be suitable (and
> reasonably priced) for home use?  Am I asking too much?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
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