[Techtalk] My son is a network hog -- limiting usage on one computer (fedora 15)?

[Billie Walsh]

On 12/03/2011 09:26 PM, Jennifer wrote:
> My excuse was that I was flabbergasted that someone else suggested
> telling one's offspring to leave over Internet usage. My nerdy butt
> would have been kicked out many times.

If you go back to the original post:

> Changing the data plan and/or updating the configuration on the
> router are not options. My husband and I rent from my husband's
> parents and they refuse any changes of that sort. Their house, their
> rules.

There is no option to change any settings on the router and I seriously
doubt that there is access to the server, although the OP doesn't say
so. That seriously limits the options available.

If you re-read what I posted:

> If it was my kid I would cut off his internet. I don't care if he is
> 19 or ninety. He lives at home so he has to learn to play by the
> house rules.

I didn't say to kick the kid out for not being more considerate of the
others in the household. I said to cut him off from the internet. The
option for him to leave and live on his own is strictly up to him after
that:

> If he doesn't like it, let him get out and find his own place. Then
> he makes the rules.

Perhaps a few days without his internet will make him a bit more
considerate of the others in the household.

-- 
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain
the  people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the
government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”.

- Patrick  Henry -


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