Help regarding K9 web protection program

[dashing.sujay]

^Yes, I meant for the later part and had almost forgot about the laptop.

 

[rakesh-the gilli]

You don't need to switch off your modem even for 6 months! (I never did it). And it doesn't eats up your bandwidth.

Is it.? You are lucky. Some 8-9 months back I use to switch the modem on and go to sleep by 11 after scheduling the desktop to start downloads by 2.10 am. The surprise came when i got my bill. Unaccounted MB's (in hundreds per hour !!) added up. When i lodged a complaint and inquired into it, they(so called BSNL officials) asked me to switch it off when not in use. They checked for changes with respect to MAC Address of my modem but as the MAC address was not changed in their records they advised me so. Do you know, once i complained them of low broadband speeds, they asked me to increase my RAM in order to get higher speeds.

No matter what you do, he can always circumvent it - You don't have access to his terminal (actually you can "get" that, since you are both on the same network, but "getting" it is a different issue ) , cant inject and protect the hosts and also can't use opendns parental controls.
You could try url filtering in the router, provided your router has that option but it would only stop him as long as he does not find a proxy you forgot to block. (but at least its a viable deterrent to some extent, since proxy speeds would be somewhat lesser) My suggestion, ask him politely not to visit these sites, back that up with a threat to permanently disconnect him from the bb, and finally filter his mac if he connects wirelessly or disable the lan port if he connects with cable.

Any other solution with respect to changes in modem level, say like Norton Connect safe.?

Edit: Ok, I re-read the whole thing again - guess you are talking about the part where he says, they shared the desktop at some point in the past - but I thought that meant before the brother got a laptop of his own.

You got it right this time

Update: I tried with Norton ConnectSafe. Norton ConnectSafe works only if we change to their mentioned IP address under TCP/IP property settings and not on modem settings. I changed my DNS relay and DNS Client in modem page with Norton ConnectSafe IP's. But still porn sites (for eg) loaded. Only when i changed my TCP/IP property settings, a warning came.