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wizarddeath

Ok, Im at work and cant test this...but I just thought of it and not being able to test it is going crazy, so I want to check with you guys.


I have a wired home computer to a linksys router which is connected to a cable modem.....thats how the computer gets to the net, what I want to do is apply an ACL to block the computer from accessing or only allowing it to access certain sites on the using ACL. Here's my concept.

Leave the modem connected to the linksys, connect the linksys to a switch via a cross over cable, connect the computer to the switch, and the switch to a router. Put the "internet" in vlan 2, and the computer in vlan 3, and make the link to the router a trunk port, then apply an access list to the sub-interface of the router that is associated to vlan 3 that is an extended list.


Sound plausible? or could I accomplish this differently?

BubbaJ

Yes, but there are some things to think about.

Does the Linksys (some models do) have the parental control ability? This is similar to what you are trying to accomplish.

You will have to use a static address on the PC, or you will have to set up DHCP on the router, since the Linksys can't do it through the router.

You could get a small Layer 3 switch to use in place of the Linksys, switch, and router.