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Can you route all traffic through one machine on a home network?

  • 26-10-2009 11:58pm
    #1
    Smyth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have about 3 computers in my house that connect separately to a wireless router.

    I need/want/ or just wonder if it's possible to have all traffic screened and processed through one machine?

    Basically I need the ability to say turn off internet access to one laptop through the master machine (:D), and if possible, throttle the speed?

    Anything like this exist that can be used on a home setup?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    What you need is a gateway, several exist that run on the master PC as you put it, you will need two NICs but might I suggest www.clarkconnect.org and I'm sure the others here will come up lots more


  • #3
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    Yes. You can have a computer act like a router and feed the internet through your broadband modem into the box (+ disable routing features on your broadband box and just forward everything directly out). You'd need multiple network cards and a wireless card. Or you could use your hardware router and either block/throttle access using wireless and QoS or flash it with some open source firmware that will do it for the ethernet ports.


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