I'm about to get DSL installed at my home and I'm looking for some information and/or suggestions about a router in the $50 range to use to share the connection.
I currently have two Windows XPPC's, linked together with CAT5 wiring and a 10/100 switch. The DSL provider is supplying the modem, and I'm planning to get a router to add security, DHCP, etc., as well as provide wireless 802.11g capability for some future use.
As fas as access, the one main PC will pretty much have full connection to the outside, but I'd like to limit the second PC to just certain sites. I don't want to get into using a monthly service, and I'm trying to avoid software based solutions on the PC. What I'd like is the ability in the router to block all sites except for certain ones (preferably by URL)
Most of the common broadband routers from Linksys, Dlink, Belkin, etc., will do what I'm looking for, except I'm not sure about how they handle blocking. From the information I've found on the net, it looks like Linksys lets you specify blocking by ports & time, and Dlink uses a service for their parental controls.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
- Mike O.