how to turn off internet every day at midnight

My child is still fairly young so I won't profess to be an expert on teenagers. That being said, the OP raises a massive red flag for me. Regardless of what the conflict is over, ultimately the end goal is teaching them that "what I say goes" regardless of the current topic.

Get that right and surely every issue thereafter becomes easy to resolve? "My dad said X and every other time he said X and I did Y I was punished without exception so I'd better do X".

If you have to make physical restraints to every problem and there's no defined consequence for bypassing those restraints, why would your child ever respect you?
 
create a hotspot on your phone using a GPS connection for internet. Failing that try connect to a locally created hotspot on the parents phone as its closer. Other things to try is connecting to a local wifi/router with weak or open security in the vicinity, perhaps using a custom fashioned directional antenna.

There are tones of ways of getting online when having no access to the local router. Is there a games console in the house or smart tv ?
 
None of these software based suggestions will work if your son is determined to go on the internet. All he has to do is reset the router to reset anything you set up on it. And he could just look on his phone for a way around any windows software controls you use. The only reliable method would be something similar to what ExRayTed said. Physically remove the hardware so he can't use the machine, then he can't figure out how to get back on the internet.
 
not saying its right , and I certainly never feel the need to smack my kids . but each to his own .. its what I had as a kid . its certainly effective as a deterrent but that's all . gotta love those switches !!!

My father tried the cutting plug's off approach ... rewired when downstairs ;)

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Give him a taste of the expense it takes to pay for these luxuries he seems to enjoy so much. Tell him , he may use the internet whenever he feels , but its his bill to pay and until he pays it you are withdrawing it . he wants to be treated like an adult , the get a job , work and pay for the thing like an adult. pursue this method for a couple of weeks until he's frothing and the mouth , begging , pleading with you . He will eventually. that's when you implement a structured accsess routine , by which he has to follow or you threaten to permantly remove all network accsess and internet priviliges.

don't take the PC away from him ... let him have it ... its a constant reminder that he cant use the net.

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talk to him on level . kids arnt idiots ( well some are ) , they just think there a hell of a lot smarter then we are. try and reason and explain to him , the rules are the for a reason and that structure like this helps maintain a balance in his life . explain to him games do not pay the bills or get him an education . he may realise that whilst he enjoys it , its hardly beneficial to him .

Games like DAYZ do create little Psycopaths ... jesus it turns me into a mindless killing , swearing nutter. that plus late nights ... jesus haha
 
24MARK24 said:
Just ignore all the people who tell you to man up and deal with, half of the people commenting probably dont have children.

I dont understand these forums sometimes. You come on here asking for advice and people seem to turn on the OP :confused: Cut the guy some slack, he doesnt know what else to do.
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I couldn't have said it better myself.
 
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trentlad said:
Buying a Cisco router would also be a nice fix that would circumvent any local hacks that he could perform on his own computer.

This is exactly what you're after:
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i ended up ordering this from fleabay.CISCO LINKSYS X2000 300MBPS WIRELESS N ROUTER CABLE DSL ADSL 3

only £17
 
To OP you said you have a DLink dir 615d - you could stick DDWRT on it and then restrict access using either IP address or MAC address

works for me when my 2 teenage daughter and son take the **** and not do as I tell them - so internet goes off until said task is complete .. was a lot of tantrums at first but now they know the consequences.
 
bcham said:
i ended up ordering this from fleabay.CISCO LINKSYS X2000 300MBPS WIRELESS N ROUTER CABLE DSL ADSL 3

only £17
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Good lad!

Make sure you install the Linksys SMART Wi-Fi app on your phone after it's all setup. You can adjust parental controls from there and even do things like reset the router all from your phone.

 
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Banning the internet at night isn't magically going to make your kid do better in school or whatever other advantage you think you'll gain from banning the internet at night.

Banning things isn't the right path to take. Because when the internet bannage doesn't work, you'll want to seize his whole PC at night. When that doesn't work you'll feel like you'll be doing him a favour by seizing more of his liberties.
 
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I think if it were me I would have been told something along the lines that I'd been given the trust to have a PC in my room and if I couldn't handle that trust it would be taken away from me. There was a time when kids didn't have so much or have it in their bedrooms to cause a distraction. If it were me I'd have another talk with them and explain how it must clearly be having an effect on their school work. The luxuries are privileges and if they are getting bad school reports maybe they need it spelling out to them that if they don't follow the rules there won't any longer be any PC or TV etc in bedrooms.
 
Just thought about this. If its a router that supports it, you could maybe install a cron system and get it to deactivate at x o clock and then re-activate at x o clock. Although a factory reset would soon get rid of that.
 
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