[NTLUG:Discuss] Parental advice?

[Dennis Daupert]

Hello list,


My brother asked me for advice for an area that, frankly, I haven't done much work in. (He's not terribly linux literate, but definitely not afraid of getting his hands dirty. I've used various linux distros on all my machines for several years, so I could help him set things up, if need be.) So I thought I'd bug this group for recommendations/advice, if that's OK. I moved out of Fort Worth a few years back, but have lurked ntlug ever since. Anyways, let me paste my brother's question here. Any thoughts are appreciated.

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Here's the situation: We found our daughter using her iPod after bedtime, 
watching YouTube videos. We need to control that. My router has parental controls, however it is pretty limited and difficult to use eg. every 
device in the pop up list says simply: "Network Device"...oh yeah, there are 18 devices in the list called "Network Device".

I want 
something that I can MAC filter depending on the time of day, and 
possibly by website (white/black list?). I shopped new routers, and the 
one I think I might want (that has Gigabit, etc.) is $90. I have a 
couple of computers laying around that I could repurpose as a 
router/dhcp/domain controller/etc.

Thoughts?

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dennis