Apple Airport Extreme Programming

[bigdob101]

Does anybody know of a way I could program my router to block specific Google Talk buddies on my home network? Or does anyone know of an alternate way this could be done?
Thanks!
Randy

 

[Satcomer]

You can't do this via a router. The router will block individual logical ports and not parts of a program. You have to do his via the program and your personal firewall.

 

[bigdob101]

Thanks for your insight. So the best I could do would be to block the port used by google talk altogether?
Randy

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Yep. Either you block all of Google Talk, or none of it. You cannot block specific buddies via your router.

If Google Talk supports blocking individual buddies, that's your best bet -- but your router is indifferent (or, rather, can't even tell) about one buddy from another. All your router knows is the network traffic to/from Google Talk -- not actually what the content of that traffic is.