Hi all, does anyone knows of effective way to block torrents altogether in a home network? Friends of mine are struggling with this and asked me to help. They provide Wi-Fi for their renters, have control over the modem and router, but none over clients.
>From what I know and have read the only somewhat effective way is to have deep packet inspection firewall, which also doesn't work well against encrypted torrent traffic. Port blocking doesn't work (but will isolate the most computer savvy clients), OpenDNS didn't work as well, blacklisting websites helps until some extent but is easy to bypass. The budget is limited but they would buy equipment if necessary (SOHO grade). My idea is to start with setting up one Raspberry Pi between the modem and the router. The Pi will act as proxy or L-7 firewall. There are two unknowns here: 1. would the Pi be powerful enough to handle the traffic; 2. what would be the best software for this purpose; Second option is to install DD-WRT or similar to compatible router and try to do the firewalling from there. As advantage, I could split the Wi-Fi on multiple SSIDs, which will isolate the offenders. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions/recommendations/ideas. Thank you, George Stoynev
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