OK, it is official - dd-wrt rocks!
As p2p couldn't be stopped, a different approach was taken. I restricted and QoS-ed it, then cut down the number of connections per client to 30 (30 tcp + 30 udp). Although, this doesn't stop torrenting, it severely impacts the user browsing experience on that same computer while the rest of the clients have no troubles at all. Moreover, this measure slows down such practices that the user may just give up at some point. I have some more trumps in my sleeve - I could limit the bandwidth per client and install L7-filter (I think). So far, so good, will see when I would get the chance to actually implement this for my friends. Thinking about the authentication option I think Raspeberry Pi may serve as such purpose. Provided I go with Raspbian, what service would you recommend? I am concerned about the load on the Pi. Thank you again all! George Stoynev On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 2:46 PM, George Stoynev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > first - thank you all for the great ideas! > > Considering that we have control only over the modem and router and the > "let's be nice" factor, as well as the low and remote chance of effectively > disabling p2p, I think the best decision will be to isolate and control the > traffic. Moreover, there is a chance some clients may use bandwidth by > Netflix or other non-p2p services for instance. > > Today, I have installed dd-wrt on my own home router Dlink DIR-615 Rev. E3 > for testing. When ready will just swap it with my friends. > > To be honest, I had some mixed feelings about dd-wrt, having both > excellent and not so much experience with it in the past (circa 2008). > Seems like they have improved a lot. > > The one I could use for this case is the multiple SSID feature. The idea > is I will isolate create 4 SSIDs for 4 apartments. Then will watch the > statistics. This will point out the heavy users and we will have explicit > prove about it (which will maintain the "lets be nice" factor). > > Will post back here when got some updates. > > Again, thank you very much, very appreciated! > > George > > >
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