Restricting Wireless Access...Why Aren't Parental Controls Working?

We're pretty new to OSX. Just got my son an iBook, and we're looking to not let him hop on the wireless network in the house (we want him to access the Internet only from a lan cable in the kitchen...keeping him out of harm's way). I'm set up as the administrator, and we've gone into his account and disabled his ability to modify Airport Utility. And then we turn it off, but when we go back into his account, he can still access the Internet wirelessly. What might we be doing wrong?

The Airport Utility is only used to configure an Airport Base Station, it has no effect on wireless connectivity.
What you'll need to do is go into the Network pane in System Preferences. Click on the Show menu and select Network Port Configurations. Uncheck the box next to the airport card. Then, click the little lock at the bottom of the system preferences window to make the Network preferences un-editable without the admin password.
Good Luck.

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