Need to BLOCK World of Warcraft - HOW?

Kevin,

If your son has his own laptop, you can also block him off the internet at days and times you designate. Not sure if you need this feature or not.

Post back if you need more info.

Could you please provide more specifics on what you did? I am not familiar with Open DNS servers, I feel you on the WOW as my sister complains about the addiction, but my nemesis is Facebook.com. That is basically crack for teenagers, since my wife uses it for college buddies I would love to learn how to limit the times ( during the day) that it can be accessed or when he should be sleeping. I can block it from my computer but he can get it on his iPhone or laptop or just have a friend bring his laptop, I need to block it from my wireless network. This will save my sanity and give me good discipline -reward/punishment control. Thanks alot

I would like to set automatic blocking on a Vista desktop, connected by cable/hub to an Airport Extreme.
I would mind the addiction less if I could automatically block the connection between certain hours every night, say 1-10 AM.

Many thanks!!

OpenDNS provides DNS service which you can use to replace the service provided by your ISP. DNS is basically the Internet equivalent of a phone book. You type in a URL and DNS converts this to the appropriate IP address.

OpenDNS provides free use of a pair of name servers. You can use these servers by entering their respective IP addresses in either your router or an individual computer network settings. The site provides a clear set of directions on how to do this. In addition, you can open a free user account where you can control access to where you don't want access to on the Internet.

Bob,
My son is getting a MacBook and I would like to know how to block WOW during the school week and allow access on the weekends. How can I accomplish this?
Thanks
Dan

(a) There is no way to do this using Apple's base stations without blocking complete network access.

(b) Another suggestion using OpenDNS is in this thread. Please read the posts above.

I too am trying to block access to World of Warcraft through Airport Extreme. I use Open DNS and blocked the sites noted above. Unfortunately my son's computer has some WoW app on it that bypasses the browser. So I'm looking for more solutions.

Any help?