[PLUG] modem access restrictions

[Bruce Kingsland]

Kyle Accardi's Log: StarDate 0403.0115:
> Bruce Kingsland wrote:
> > I tried to setup a throttle function, to limit his consuming of
> > bandwidth during the evening hours when I try to use the system. He
> > responede by seting up his own tools to essentially bypass my limiter.
> > 
> > So, now I'm thinking of building a script that I'd run when I'm on the
> > system, that will disable his ability to 'see' the modem temporarily,
> > until I run it again and 'normal' settings are restored. Any ideas on
> > simple but effective 'fixes'?
> 
> Wow, sounds like a disfunctional relationship.  I'd pull his line.  It's not 
> the programatic answer you're looking for, but is completely un-bypassable.

I could do that, but the natural progression from there is a place I
don't want to go at the moment. Since I can't get him to think outside
of his box, I need him to see real thruput when he's at the keyboard
(and I'm either asleep or at work) and for me to see real thruput (at
his lack thereof) when I'm at the keyboard and he's asleep.

> What's his interface to your modem--serial port?  nic?  Either should be 
> easy enough to make disappear if shear reason fails.

nic. I could change the ip of the box it's on, but then I'd have to
change the references to it in my workstation too. I was hoping for a
clever iptables command, or somesuch. I know what the ip's are of his
workstations.

-bk
-- 
Bruce Kingsland
Kingsland Konsulting
brucek at kingkon.com
360-531-3730
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