When more than one user is working on a computer, conflicts over Internet traffic and, accordingly, payment are not uncommon. Moreover, if children work on the computer, and they have chosen the traffic limit more than once, leaving you without the Internet until the end of the month. Blocking file downloads is the only way out in such a situation.
Necessary
- - the Internet;
- - computer;
- - Lan2net NAT Firewall program.
Instructions
Step 1
Configure user policy. Make at least two users on the system - an administrator and a regular user with limited rights. In addition, in the arsenal of a modern operating system, there is parental control with flexible settings. To do this, go to the "Control Panel" tab using the "My Computer" shortcut. Next, find a shortcut called "User Accounts".
Step 2
Download and install Lan2net NAT Firewall or any other similar program. It is this program that has fine-tuning the access rules for users of a local network or one computer. You can find it on the large portal softodrom.ru.
Step 3
Configure rules for each user in the "User Groups and Rules" section. Set the appropriate characteristics to protect the Internet channel: download and upload quotas, user work at certain hours of the day, block certain sites. All settings are made in manual mode, so be careful with all the operations that you perform.
Step 4
Lan2net NAT Firewall keeps track of traffic separately for each user. You can see the statistics in the "Monitoring" and "Logs" sections. You can change the rules for the offending user in the "Firewall Rules" section - completely deny access or leave access only for selected protocols.
Step 5
The program has the ability to generate reports in the built-in web server. You are provided with summary reports on file downloads, as well as statistics for each user separately. In general, we can say that blocking any downloads on the Internet is quite simple, the main thing is to follow all the algorithms for performing operations.
