I was wondering how i could go about blocking some users on a home network from downloading P2P files without them knowing. I have their IP and Mac addresses and have a netgear router. The router comes with firewall rules that you can implement to block usage such as Block all FTP, TCP, UDP etc but im not sure which one to use or if this is the right way of doing it.
2006-12-06 02:04:40 · 4 answers · asked by Midas 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
block port 6880 - 6889 UDP/TCP (both) and see if this stops them from downloading.
2006-12-06 02:36:49 · answer #1 · answered by Digi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out what port their download program uses. Different programs use different ports. Then block TCP traffic on that port.
If they are savvy, they will just specify a different port in their P2P application...
2006-12-06 02:12:01 · answer #2 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just block the ports the programs that you dont like use, or block them all except for the ones you want to allow
2006-12-06 02:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by Mitchell b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i was with plusnet and my housemates did the same thing, i went onto the plusnet website and they had loads of tools, it was possible - through my isp - to disable peer to peer sharing, try contacting yours
2006-12-06 02:13:22 · answer #4 · answered by gurtbigal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋