I want you to un-fix my internet!

June 17, 2009 10:47 PM

I have a TP-Link TL-WR340GD router and 2 PCs: one of them is connected to the router through wireless, the other through a LAN cable. I'd like my router to cut off my internet every day at some fixed hour without me changing anything on the 2 PCs.

Is this even possible? Of course, I'd like the router to give me back my daily internet at some (later) hour, preferably again without my intervention.

Collateral damage is acceptable: I don't use the local network for anything, so it doesn't matter if the PCs can't see each other, and it doesn't matter if the wireless function of the router is disabled.

I'm also ok with running a sort of script from my PC every day, if that's what it takes. Both machines run on WinXP.

It's more important to disinternetify the cabled machine, the one connecting through wireless is not so problematic.

posted by gakiko to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Have you looked at the router's configuration page? Look at the status page for the LAN connection on one of the computers, under 'support', and note the address of the "standard gateway" (it's probably 192.168.1.1 or similar). Type that into the web browser, login, and see if it has the option.
posted by alexei at 11:30 PM on June 17, 2009

Response by poster: I don't have access to the router at the moment, but based on the manual here, it does have a sort of "timer" function (the option is called time-based connection), but only for certain kinds of WAN connections. I'm connecting to a cable modem, so I use the "Dynamic IP" WAN connection, which doesn't have any time-based options.
posted by gakiko at 11:47 PM on June 17, 2009

Best answer: Have a look at "Domain Filtering" on page 42.
posted by flabdablet at 12:26 AM on June 18, 2009

Best answer: Even if you can't figure out how to configure the time limits in the router's software, you could plug the router's power supply into a $5 timeswitch, then shove the power supply and timeswitch into a box so you couldn't bypass the timeswitch.
posted by Mike1024 at 12:44 AM on June 18, 2009

Response by poster: flabdablet: That looks promising! If I don't put anything in the domain name field, it should block all websurfing, right? I'll try it when I get back home, thanks!

Mike1024: Doh! I've never even considered hardware solutions. Thank you!
posted by gakiko at 1:17 AM on June 18, 2009