I wouldn't ever block anything in non-security management. I'd just slow it down. If you block it, they'll find a way around it. If you slow it to 64k or something like that, it'll just assume you have a slow line and act accordingly.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Roman" <consulttele...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 5:34 AM To: <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: [WISPA] How to block p2p traffic in public Wi-Fi hotspot? > Dear readers, > > Do you have any experience with successful blocking of P2P (eDonkey, > Torrents etc.) traffic in your wireless networks? > > Any user who uses torrent client at his PC can effectively consume a lot > of > bandwidth of Wi-Fi access point, leaving other honest users with small > portion of throughput. Port blocking does not help because nowadays P2P > clients use random ports, encryption and other means to hide traffic > patterns. I suppose that only one distinctive feature of such traffic > exists: its ability to consume effective bandwidth. > > Do you happen to know or use any traffic shaping tools which can limit > throughput per user? > Thank you in advance for any thoghts, ideas etc... > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
