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how can i BLOCK p2p downloading during the day?

  • 21-01-2011 12:25am
    #1
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭


    I know there is a thread on configuration of p2p, but this is not directly relating to it.

    I live in a house with 5 other people. there are 6 next door, and we all share the internet. its a chorus connection, and its working perfectly.

    Im the only one who connects by ethernet, and i have full control of everything.

    The others just use wireless and connect.

    I want to block ALL p2p downloading from a certain time. say from 9am to 1am. i told the house mates to ONLY download during the night time hours, and its starting to annoy people when the internet is slow as a snail due to the others downloading.

    My setup is

    Cisco EPC2425 (wireless disabled)

    netgear rangemax WPN824v2 wireless router. (everyone connects to this)

    any suggestions?

    ive already blocked several common p2p ports
    49152..65534
    6881..6999

    and ive added a few common keywords such as "axxo" "torrent" etc to the block list, but it doesnt seem to stop them.

    none of them are very tech savvy, but these damn p2p programs use random ports everytime...

    so, can someone help me?


Comments

  • #2
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    I'd check this list.

    There's a few in there between 1100-65536 that people may use but otherwise I'd blanket ban the lot. If they can't access something during the day you'll soon hear about it anyway.


  • #3
    lynchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭lynchie


    The main problem is p2p can use any ports. The correct way of disabling it is to inspect each packet.
    On an unrestricted cisco router (assuming upc dont allow you access to the main config / qos) you would create a class-map and a policy map that would inspect the packets and set the dscp flag to 1 on p2p packets. Then you would apply a time based access list to deny any packets with the dscp flag set.


  • #4
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    If that router supports Netgear Live Parental Controls then you may be able to use that in conjuntion with OpenDNS to do what you want. It's not perfect but it's close if the others aren't too techy.


  • #5
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    it has parental controls, but you need to pay to activate it.

    ill blanket close all ports on that list, and see what happens. i can easily re-open the ones that people then need.

    cheers guys.


  • #6
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    Do you have any facilities then on either the Cisco or the Netgear to control port forward rules by time of day? Do you need the control to happen automatically on a schedule without any intervention from you


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  • #7
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Get a better router that supports Dd-wrt, there are plenty of guides on setting up QOS on Dd-wrt so everyone can browse and download at the same time. I can game with torrents running or Youtube videos streaming.

    With Dd-wrt You also have access restrictions, You have the option to block protcols at specific times
    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Access_Restrictions


  • #8
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Get a better router that supports Dd-wrt, there are plenty of guides on setting up QOS on Dd-wrt so everyone can browse and download at the same time. I can game with torrents running or Youtube videos streaming.

    With Dd-wrt You also have access restrictions, You have the option to block protcols at specific times
    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Access_Restrictions

    finances restrict me getting a better router. but ive always wanted to try out tomato.


  • #9
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    http://elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=ECE1926798


  • #10
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    Chances are most people wont bother downloading though other ports or over http or through vpn etc so you should be sound blocking common ports.


  • #11
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    pog, cheers dude, but i think ill hold out and maybe put some money into a gigabit network.

    I could do with a gigabit switch more tbh.


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  • #12
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    RoyalMarine wrote: »
    pog, cheers dude, but i think ill hold out and maybe put some money into a gigabit network.

    I could do with a gigabit switch more tbh.


    Why - surely nothing to do with your broadband?


  • #13
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Why - surely nothing to do with your broadband?

    i would prefer a gigabit network as i have several machines and with the other 10 laptops that people use that makes quite a number of devices.

    I have a movie computer with 3-4tb's of movies, and they are always copying files from it etc so it would speed things up quite a bit.


  • #14
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Physically disconnect them? :)

    Although that won't stop them doing it while doing other stuff.


  • #15
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    have u tried limiting the available bandwidth to each user by assigning bandwidth quotas to each user.

    it wont stop them downloading on p2p but it will slow their dl's down while giving everyone else a share of the bandwidth


  • #16
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Get a better router that supports Dd-wrt, there are plenty of guides on setting up QOS on Dd-wrt so everyone can browse and download at the same time. I can game with torrents running or Youtube videos streaming.

    With Dd-wrt You also have access restrictions, You have the option to block protcols at specific times
    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Access_Restrictions

    i highly recommend dd-wrt firmware for the linksys wrt 54g router. its very easy to use and has way more options than the original linksys firmware had.


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