Hello,
I have the following setup in my house but need to change it to solve a problem with internet access and not sure if what I want to do will work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
FIOS Internet - with the following connections:
Verizon ONT box (Basement) connects direct to FIOS wireless G1100 router WAN port (1st floor)
G1100 Router Lan port connects to an unmanaged 8 port switch (located basement next to ONT box)
1 of the Lan ports from the switch is connected to a Linksys MR9000 router setup as an access point (3rd floor) to get WIFI to the 3rd floor rooms
All works OK
Here is the issue - My sons is gaming all day and night and not going to school or doing homework. I setup parental controls on the G1100 router but my son erases them by pressing the factory reset button on the G1100. The internet based parental controls FIOS has also sucks and he gets around them. I have taken the power cord from the router at night when I go to sleep and plug it back in the next morning but my son figured out that if you take the RJ45 cat6 plug out of the ONT box that runs to the G1100 router and then take the RJ45 cat6 Lan wire that runs to his bedroom out of the switch and connect directly into the ONT box you have unfiltered internet direct to his bedroom and bypass the disconnected G1100 router altogether.
I don't want to hear about take the computer away because A - he needs it everyday for Remote school and B - he is 15 and it becomes a physical battle that I no longer want to have every night. I can not lock up the G1100 routerbecause that would kill the wifi signal to part of the house 1st and 2nd floor and I no longer want to unplug the router every night which does not matter because he is bypassing it.
So here is my idea but do not know if it will work:
I read that a managed switch can block access to the internet and also individual websites based on IP and time. This would help with the game play at night (turn off the internet completely by MAC address / IP) as well as during the day by blocking the gaming and chat room sites during school hours. I wanted to know if the following configuration would work to do this on a managed switch.
I will put a 4 inch wide steal bar with square drive screws across the ONT box so it can no longer be opened without a special screw driver. And if need be put a steal cover over the managed switch so it can not be factory reset.
ONT box (basement) connected to the uplink on the managed switch (basement)
Managed switch to both wireless routers 1st and 3rd floor (G1100 and Linksys MR9000) and turn them both into access points only.
Setup the manage switch to control internet access by MAC or IP address
Will this work, going direct from the ONT to the Switch?? Also any suggestions on what brand and model switch I should buy to do this?? I need an 8 port switch.
I know this is ridiculous but avoiding several hours of arguing and physical confrontation is in all of our best interest and my son who was an A student and is now failing high school will hopefully get back on track and get those F's back to A's. REMOTE LEARNING SUCKS!!
Also I can't believe that you can plug directly into the ONT box and get unlimited internet access over lan. If I lived in a multifamily house or apartment building where the ONT box is in the basement or outside I would install a switch and run a Lan to everybody's apartment and split the bill with them to get internet dirt cheap or even free.
I have the following setup in my house but need to change it to solve a problem with internet access and not sure if what I want to do will work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
FIOS Internet - with the following connections:
Verizon ONT box (Basement) connects direct to FIOS wireless G1100 router WAN port (1st floor)
G1100 Router Lan port connects to an unmanaged 8 port switch (located basement next to ONT box)
1 of the Lan ports from the switch is connected to a Linksys MR9000 router setup as an access point (3rd floor) to get WIFI to the 3rd floor rooms
All works OK
Here is the issue - My sons is gaming all day and night and not going to school or doing homework. I setup parental controls on the G1100 router but my son erases them by pressing the factory reset button on the G1100. The internet based parental controls FIOS has also sucks and he gets around them. I have taken the power cord from the router at night when I go to sleep and plug it back in the next morning but my son figured out that if you take the RJ45 cat6 plug out of the ONT box that runs to the G1100 router and then take the RJ45 cat6 Lan wire that runs to his bedroom out of the switch and connect directly into the ONT box you have unfiltered internet direct to his bedroom and bypass the disconnected G1100 router altogether.
I don't want to hear about take the computer away because A - he needs it everyday for Remote school and B - he is 15 and it becomes a physical battle that I no longer want to have every night. I can not lock up the G1100 routerbecause that would kill the wifi signal to part of the house 1st and 2nd floor and I no longer want to unplug the router every night which does not matter because he is bypassing it.
So here is my idea but do not know if it will work:
I read that a managed switch can block access to the internet and also individual websites based on IP and time. This would help with the game play at night (turn off the internet completely by MAC address / IP) as well as during the day by blocking the gaming and chat room sites during school hours. I wanted to know if the following configuration would work to do this on a managed switch.
I will put a 4 inch wide steal bar with square drive screws across the ONT box so it can no longer be opened without a special screw driver. And if need be put a steal cover over the managed switch so it can not be factory reset.
ONT box (basement) connected to the uplink on the managed switch (basement)
Managed switch to both wireless routers 1st and 3rd floor (G1100 and Linksys MR9000) and turn them both into access points only.
Setup the manage switch to control internet access by MAC or IP address
Will this work, going direct from the ONT to the Switch?? Also any suggestions on what brand and model switch I should buy to do this?? I need an 8 port switch.
I know this is ridiculous but avoiding several hours of arguing and physical confrontation is in all of our best interest and my son who was an A student and is now failing high school will hopefully get back on track and get those F's back to A's. REMOTE LEARNING SUCKS!!
Also I can't believe that you can plug directly into the ONT box and get unlimited internet access over lan. If I lived in a multifamily house or apartment building where the ONT box is in the basement or outside I would install a switch and run a Lan to everybody's apartment and split the bill with them to get internet dirt cheap or even free.