I've got Butch's QOS on my firewall. Maybe I need it on my APs? On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Andrew Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO, if the user *wants* an all inclusive service then offer it so long as > you're going to still make a profit. > > On the other hand if you explicitly state that you don't and are never going > to allow torrent traffic on your networks then that's your choice and > customers sign up know that's the case. > As an example, these guys aren't an ISP but I know webbynode (vps provider) > will simply terminate accounts that are detected doing P2P traffic with no > questions asked, as it's clearly marked in their contract terms. > > It's really a case of what you want to allow/support and if you can find > customers who are happy with your decisions. > > Personally I don't like *blocking* anything on my network as it causes > issues for users who don't understand why things are blocked.. I don't > however have any problem prioritising traffic and <plug> Butch's QoS setup > works great for us. </end plug> > > Regards, > Andrew > > Josh Luthman wrote: >> >> It doesn't make sense to simply disallow it - offer a bandwidth plan >> that makes you both happy. If you can't resolve it then he has >> another ISP. Let them deal with the problem. >> >> If he pays for 1 meg and does it all the time we both know that's the >> kind of customer that kills your profit and therefor your business. >> You and I are WISPs to make money and serve the area - this can't be >> done when someone is paying 25/mo and ruining it for everyone. >> >> On 2/13/10, Jeromie Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I block anything MT says is a torrent. Life is much better. Mostly, it >>> is the people who can not figure out how to make it work who have no >>> understanding of what it does to networks, thus breaking things more >>> often. The others, get the game, that if it becomes something that I >>> notice then they will find them selves with 5mbit http, and 64kbit >>> every thing else for a few weeks. >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:07 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I truly appreciate everyones feedback on this. Even though it is in >>>> our AUP & TOS, the customer is now admits using torrents and plans to >>>> continue doing so. I want to be fair in all matters. Am I being over >>>> zealous on not allowing torrents? Who here allows or disallows them? >>>> -RickG >>>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Butch Evans <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 20:14 -0500, RickG wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ya, I figured it wont catch them all. I'm just wondering about false >>>>>> positives. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> One reason MT is only "so-so" at catching P2P is that they are VERY >>>>> conservative in how they identify it. If they are marking it, then >>>>> there is a VERY high percentage probability that it really IS a >>>>> torrent. >>>>> Now, whether it is a "legal" torrent or not is another question. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ******************************************************************** >>>>> * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* >>>>> * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * >>>>> * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * >>>>> * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * >>>>> ******************************************************************** >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>> >>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>>> RouterOS >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>> >>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>> RouterOS >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mikrotik mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>> >>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>> RouterOS >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20100215/aad7a9da/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS > _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik
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