From: Mike '/m' 


Let me phrase that more better ... put the XBox on a router that is
connected to a lamp timer.

 /m


On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:12:14 -0400, Mike '/m'  wrote:

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>Put the XBox on a lamp timer.
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> /m
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>On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:05:10 -0500, "Glenn Meadows"

>wrote:
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>>Well, the issue, as it turns out, is the filter won't CUT OFF a connection,
>>only prevent a NEW connection from happening.
>>
>>For example, web surfing and such can be blocked on the fly. I just tested
>>it with a deny rule that kicked in while he was on the XBox, and I was on
>>the computer using the web browser.  Web Browser barfed, couldn't find the
>>site, but the XBox just chugged along.  Reading at the D-Link website, they
>>state that continuous connections will not be broken, just new ones can't be
>>established.
>>
>>Back to the drawing board.
>>
>>We do have the link to the Bungie website though, where ALL online games are
>>logged, with the time that the last game was played, so we have an
>>after-the-fact check.  More extraordinary measures can be taken, like
>>removing the controllers for several days till he "tows the
line" .

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