Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Iptables related] How to make one machine only talk on loc lan

[Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl>]

Harry Putnam schreef:
> Apparently you too are not looking at the router I've specified: 
> NETGEAR FVS318
> 

Not to mix in (not having a Netgear router), but I wonder if perhaps the
reason you are not seeing the ability to block IPs (which several people
have said exists) is because you have not enabled it by setting a schedule:


> John Jolet <john@jolet.net> writes (twice):
>>> 
>>>> look at the schedule setups.  set them up only to be able to
>>>> access the internet for, say a second on sunday at 3 am, and
>>>> not for the rest of the time....
>>> 
>> 
>> here.  you set a schedule, then limit certain ip addresses

As I said, I'm not familiar with this router, but I am familiar with the
concept of options not becoming enable-able (and often even visible)
until some precondition has been met (in this case setting a schedule).

Certainly it would not seem logical for a high-end router *not* to be
able to block IPs (and fairly thoroughly), especially if lower-end
models of the same brand are capable of doing so; certainly it seems
possible that such a device would not be "interested" in knowing what
you want it to do (ip blocks) if it didn't have a category under
which to perform the series of actions (the schedule).

Just an idea,
Holly
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