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I would like to be able to restrict Internet access to certain times of day (like just over a lunch hour for example.) &nbsp;I thought about a way I could do it with Linux and a cronjob but in this case, I have a Sonicwall. &nbsp;Does anyone have an idea on how to turn the Sonicwall's Internet on/off based on time of day?
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I would like to be able to restrict Internet access to certain times of day (like just over a lunch hour for example.)  I thought about a way I could do it with Linux and a cronjob but in this case, I have a Sonicwall.  Does anyone have an idea on how to turn the Sonicwall's Internet on/off based on time of day?

Can I restrict Internet access to certain times of day using Sonicwall?

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.

Hardware Firewalls

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.