Disabling Network Connection

[patrickquino]

Hi. I'm currently helping my uncle on something. He asked me how to disable the internet connection (both Wi-Fi and LAN) on his laptop so his son can use the laptop but not the internet.. Needless to say, his son knows his way around fixing simple network problems. I tried disabling the network using "netsh interface set interface "WiFi/Ethernet" admin=disable" but a simple troubleshoot with admin privileges can revert it. Can anyone suggest anything that can disable the internet connection that even network troubleshoot can't fix?

P.S. My uncle said if possible, don't make another account on the laptop. Personal preference.

 

[bill001g]

Do it on the router with parental controls if it has it or maybe the firewall. You could put in rules that only allow certain IP to access the internet.

You could also in effect hide the router. You could use a uncommon subnet like 10.51.20.0/23 and then pick a uncommon gateway like 10.51.21.21. If you turn off the DHCP server and hard code ip and gateways on allowed devices it would be hard to just guess this information.

The other option is to run something like K9 software on the pc. It is free and is used to limit what sites kids can go to. It can also completely disable access. It is close to impossible to remove without the password.