<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I needed something that would not require anything configured differently on the laptop, since it has to work with the school wifi, and I've found it finicky with those things. Also, if there are other issues, their SOP is a wipe and reinstall, which would erase the proxying.<br>
<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Pete Hardie<br>--------<br>Better Living Through Bitmaps</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Boris Borisov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com" target="_blank">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 3/6/13, Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> A followup, for those interested in the results<br>
><br>
> I think that I have found a working configuration. I currently have dhcpd<br>
> running, supplying a few fixed IPs for my DVRs, and pointing them at my<br>
> WIRNS server for replacement guide data, and I was able to set up another<br>
> MAC-specific stanza to point<br>
> my Nook to use my desktop as its DNS, which is handled by dnsmasq. I set<br>
> up dnsmasq to map <a href="http://reddit.com" target="_blank">reddit.com</a> to 127.0.0.1 and it appears to do what I want<br>
> - fail to load that site.<br>
><br>
> I could use dnsmasq to supply the DHCP, and may switch to that once I feel<br>
> that everything else is working totally to my satisfaction<br>
><br>
> Thanks again to all for the suggestions and war stories about blocking your<br>
> kids' access!<br>
><br>
><br>
> Pete Hardie<br>
> --------<br>
> Better Living Through Bitmaps<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <<br>
> <a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Mike Harrison <<a href="mailto:cluon@geeklabs.com">cluon@geeklabs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> >On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Pete Hardie wrote:<br>
>> >> Thanks - I'll take a closer look and see if I can wrap my head around<br>
>> >it.<br>
>> >> and to the list - I think that dnsmasq will do what I want, since it<br>
>> >allows specification of a DNS server for the DHCP clients, and can be<br>
>> >configured to not<br>
>> >> be the DNS server for the host, leaving it to use the router and ISP<br>
>> >servers.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >A friend of mine with various ages of children has chosen to<br>
>> >incrementally<br>
>> >make internet access harder and harder. The two eldest children have<br>
>> >developed some serious network hacking skills as a result. His devious<br>
>> >goal was less about restricting access to online materials and<br>
>> >activities<br>
>> >and more about learning how things worked.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >His most recent step was physically unplugging at around 9-10pm<br>
>> >(time for bed),,. and his 14 year old boy discovered "pringles can"<br>
>> >antenna technologies as a result.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >The bad news, and why I know.. is he got enough signal to leach from my<br>
>> ><br>
>> >house.. where he got sniffed and monitored. I'm not exactly next door,<br>
>> >but<br>
>> >I am line of sight..<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> No one leaches my wifi since it's encrypted. They could sniff it, but<br>
>> they'd get gibberish.<br>
>><br>
>> Sincerely,<br>
>><br>
>> Ron<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>><br>
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>><br>
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>><br>
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