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General Discussion / Re: Father of 4 kids in house needs help w firewall / router advice

« on: July 24, 2017, 09:23:55 am »

Bart do you have a setup/install for what you are currently running as this sounds very similar to what I'm looking for? 

Hi George,

OPNsense will serve your needs. The netflow component will show you which IP addresses consume the most bandwidth. You can set static IP reservations in DHCP to tie those to specific MAC addresses.

DNS clients can be forced to use OpenDNS by a simple rule allowing outbound TCP/UCP 53 to their IP's only. OpenDNS is recursive, so the single firewall rule is enough.

To go from diagnostics to enforcement you could look at an enterprise grade WiFi access point which let's you run more than one SSID from a single device, thereby allowing you to regulate WiFi access per child. I use an Ubiquiti AP which allows four separate WiFi networks. It also gives more information about the clients (hostname, manufacturer, etc.), their bandwidth use and history.

In the past, I have also used a Raspberry Pi for the same purpose. The code is here: http://bedtime.sf.net/ It is aimed at a slightly younger age group, as your wannabe geeks may soon discover ways around its funky routing.

Bart...

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General Discussion / Setup for kids

« on: July 24, 2017, 09:17:26 am »

We run a homeschool and I'm wondering if opnsense has a setup / installation instructions for a home setup?  I ask becuase I know a special script was made for pfsense at one time and and basically I am wanting something that will basically kick a kid off after a certain amount of time (say 1 hour).   In our situation the internet is one of the rewards through out the day and time is earned.  Then when he/she gets out of school they can use that time for playing.   This setup could also be used for teens where after a certain amount of time they get a redirect to a page that bascially tells them to find something else to do.   Does anyone have a setup similar they are willing to share or even a home setup with kids that they use... 

Thanks!