Hello all,
What I would like to be able to do is confine my daughter's laptop to
the default signal, with the ability to turn this restriction on and
off restricted by password. If I could do this, I could control
Internet access from the router. Is there some way to do this in
windows, using the registry or standard settings? In my case, if I
could use the registry I could get away without a password. Failing
that, is there third party software that does it?  
Sometimes a temporary block on favorite and time consuming sites is
enough to speed completion of a school project. Sometimes an Internet
"grounding" is more in order. However, any savvy teenager can
circumvent such by linking to a different wireless signal.
I'm sure I am not the only parent who has run up against this. In fact,
I ran down a long thread on this issue in Broadband Reports. The best
anyone could come up with was to chase down all your neighbors who have
unprotected wireless outlets and prevail upon them to set up encryption.
However, this can be problematic, especially if the neighbor happens to
be Starbucks.
Thank You!