how do i stay online 24/7?

[mario_pant]

hey i have dataone broadband with lovely speeds...
now what i wan to do is stay 24/7 online... but the problem is that i want to restrict internet acces to some 2 or 3 light transfer appz and restrict access by ALL other appz!
how do i achieve this...
well. the appz i want are mainly skype, MSNM, Y!M, Y! widget engine and azureus!
and another thing is that i want this restriction to be very flexible... i mean i will have to remove this restriction sometimes.....
and another requirement is the restriction to be timed.... i mean i want to remove it on 2:00 to 8:00.... well this time thing is a thing that i can do without though......
so do the DuDz at DiGiT/FoRuM have any solution?

[siriusb]

What firewall do you have? With windows default sp2 firewall, you can go to control panel->Windows firewall-->Exceptions tab and add/check progs that you want to give access to. But it can't help with the timed restriction.

[mario_pant]

any software...?
cause changing the win xp firewall rules is not very handy and fast......

[shoegoe]

Hi!..amm.... i think u can try out zone alarm/ similar firewalls. Zone alarm will do good as its interface allows u to have more control over the files that access the net,.

And about limiting....maybe there are some banwitdth limiting options in your applications...azureus has such options... Try it out..

[QwertyManiac]

Try macros too Sometimes it works where no s/w is available Record a macro of givin rights and schedule it at 2:00 am and so on... agreed its not the best way out, but then too

[ramprasad]

Try to search in the options for those particular s/w which doesnt need frequent connections

[godsownman]

I have never used this software just heard and read about it .

Netlimiter is the name .

Try Google for more details.

Regards

[JGuru]

Use firewall called ZoneAlarm. It can allow or block
programs that connect to the Net.
It's the best firewall out there.