if you have a firewall, check the log. in net barrier at least it will show you the ports. if necessary you could get on it yourself to narrow down the ports. alternately, you could let your 16 year old use it as a learning situation, i.e. learning to be responsible about how late he stays up when he has to get up the next day, you just have to wake him up and remind him a few times. or if that won't work just block the ports, everyone does things differently with kids/young adults, but i do think it's good to give 16 year olds a chance to mess up and face the consequences so they learn, YMMV. you can also remove the instant messenger part, at least in netscape if that's involved, i never got into chat so i couldn't say for sure, but it should stop the msim, even in exploiter you may be able to disable it, if you have to do it in the preferences then change them and lock the preferences file and possibly make it invisible with file buddy, that would at least slow him down. you should also be able to block the specific ip numbers involved assuming you don't go there for anything else.
Graeme Oxley wrote: > > Hi all, > > I need a bit of advice here. A relatively simple question. Which > ports do I block to stop chat? Specifically AOL and MSIM. > > My 16 y.o. son is on it until 1 a.m. and then won't get up in the morning...... > > I'm running IPNetRouter on an SE/30 as my router. ---------------- -- Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law', because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. ~~ Thomas Jefferson -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
