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Control Internet Access Through LAN

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by dilumd

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I Would like to know is there a way to control internet connection through LAN?

In my office 20PC's (Win XP) LAN with win 2000 server domain. Now users can access internet at all the time. My requirement is to grant internet access to users in specific times.

Is there a way to do this?

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by muppetgrinder

As long as all the computers connect to the internet via the server then you can set access rights for the web the same as you can for local files. You can apply access restrictions to users or groups or both. Look at your server manual for exact details, it's been a long time since I played with 2000 server.

by robo_dev

My personal favorite is RhinoSoft AllegroSurf. You can set time-of-day restrictions and whitelist or blacklist sites or content types as well as control things like IM or P2P traffic. AllegroSurf can use Windows login credentials to allow or deny access to individual users. I've been using that app for the last four years with good success.

There are lots of others including Squid, WinProxy, WebSense, etc etc.

www.rhinosoft.com

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