Block Youtube?

[Aphex]

1) Set static IPs in the router and on all connected devices
Block the kids IP from accessing Youtube.

2) If you have no interest in youtube, block it all together in the router.

[Ryven]

To be honest, don't restrict it. Just tell them that if they go over the bandwidth limit, they are losing the computer and will have to do their studying at the library. They have push bikes, right? I hear the weather's not so good at the moment. Also, when you send them to the library in the rain, follow them in your car to make sure they do go there, and that they know there is no good reason why you couldn't have given them a lift (other than for being disobedient little shits). Then, while they're in there, let down their tyres and leave.

If you ban you tube they will find break then myspace then redtube

I wouldn't want my kids on myspace either.

[Aphex]

I dont want kids

[goof]

How do you connect to the internet? If you have an ADSL router check if that can block domains/IPs. It's password protected so they can't touch it. (Will block all PCs in the house.)


* I don't condone censorship of any type (especially at government/ISP level).
** I do advocate parental responsibility.

[Ryven]

That won't work. I want at least a dozen so it won't matter if I lose one or two crying and screaming in the aisles when we go shopping.

[Desmo]

Genius. I never thought of that.

Sorry, my bad, they evidently appear to have a whole heap of respect for yourself and those around you.

[harns]

IMO go get yourself some good old 56k, wont no kids be bothering with youtube on a 56k

[sathid]

why don't you just limit their bandwidth?

Dialup youtube is not very fun...

[Fat Pat]

Tell 'em to check out PornTube.... you won't have any problems with You Tube after that!

Oh wait!

[T-Rex]

you can do what a mates family does and have the computer (the young kids don't have lap tops) in the hall way. All I know is that kid is a porn addict ( the year 9) and has been walked in on many many times by his siblings

[Xuaxace]

Maybe upgrade the the internet connection can safe you some dramas and everyone wins, well except you. How much are you paying for interest// whats the limit?

[Desmo]

I'd be supervising his use or taking the computer off him. Simple really.
If you block youtube, there are a million other video streaming sites out there.

[Jedi]

Start with something easy to get around like that IE fix. Then maybe NetNanny or something a little bit harder. Then user access privilidges or something.

It wont stop your kids from getting on youtube but it will teach them some neat stuff about computers.

[carlos]

1) block it all together in the router.

+1

but then again. a proxy that hashses the url wont stop that.

block all (as many as you can) proxy sites? much effort and a losing battle, but you could try

[Slice]

just dont take away their X-box =O

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[Mattis]

If you just want to block it on a single PC edit the hosts file (runs a search for hosts.cf and it will come up, then edit it in notepad), enter in youtube.com and have it resolve to 127.0.0.1 (localhost).

That basically null routes the site.

If you have multiple PCs then yeh, look at doing some filtering in the modem/router.

[carlos]

If you just want to block it on a single PC edit the hosts file (runs a search for hosts.cf and it will come up, then edit it in notepad), enter in youtube.com and have it resolve to 127.0.0.1 (localhost).

That basically null routes the site.

If you have multiple PCs then yeh, look at doing some filtering in the modem/router.

That is a good point, but make sure that you do it as an admin user, and set the permissions so that your kiddies cant change it

proxies will still work though


.. and an extra thought, run a web server on your home pc and have the index.html say " I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO ON THIS SITE!"

would be epic