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by don_c Sep 21, 2003 last reply Sep 22, 2003

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I have a Linksys BEFSR41 I need to turn off one port to the kids room at night I look threw the documentation and the web site to no ends I have DHCP enable does any one have a solution to my problem please help

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by charles_j_smith Sep 21, 2003

There is no way to physically disable the port with the linksys that you own.

A suggestion I have would be to create a filter based on the ip address that your children(s) pc is or are using. The filter will stop them from getting to the internet (I am assuming you want to block them from accessing the internet). To create a filter follow these instructions:
Navigate to your linksys admin web site (typically http://192.168.1.1). Then click Advanced, Filters. Now placed the ip address of the pc they are using - notice you also have the option of specifying a range of ip addresses in case there are more pc's then one that you wish to block.

This should work, provided my assumption of blocking traffic out to the internet was correct.

Of course, there are other ways to do this, but this was right off the top of my head and seemed like the simplest... unless of course you don't mind yanking the actual cable from the linksys port! That would definitely work too!

Ok, enough said.. good luck..

Chuck