David Boles wrote:
on 9/23/2007 11:34 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
Yes, but attempting to block bittorrent by closing a single port is doomed
to failure. The client can be configured to use any port and the client
simply informs the P2P network what port it will be using.
I've not had a need to block bittorrent but you will need a more
sophisticated blocking mechanism.
Aha, therein lies my problem, all this while I had a false sense of
security thinking I had thwarted previous efforts with bittorrent which
Junior had installed some time ago!
Ahhhh..... I assume you are paying the ISP bills, yes? If so, and you
can't get cooperation from your family members then wire cutters and super
glue may be your only option.
Yes the ISP account is mine but the house is theirs so problem solving
requires some tact and finesse! I and my horses are living in their
place, the horses limit my mobility considerably.
But if we have indeed located the source of the problem I think he will
yield. We've had the kids computer powered off for two days and the
usage still trends upward so they are probably off the hook and the
finger points at the parent who ought to know better. To him the
computer is an appliance much like the tv set.
If I understand what you are saying the best solution to the problem is
to remove all vestiges of bittorrent from the two Windows computers and
warn the Grandson not to install any software on his father's computer
without my knowledge.
Could be the dad too Bob. All those 'news' (CNN, MSNBC, etc) sites now
offer streaming videos and those are downloaded *each* time you watch them
if you chose to watch something again.
17 Gigs might sound like a lot, and for some it is quite a lot, but not
for a family of 5 as you describe.
Yes, you are no doubt correct and of course this is the information I
needed to be able to understand the problem.
17 gigs down and 5 gigs up are the limits and they have been adequate
until recently. Probably the result of Terry gaining experience in
using his new computer. I'll have to warn them about the streaming
video from the news pages since that very well may be another source.
Normally my philosophy has been I'm paying for the bandwidth so we might
as well use it but at the same time I check the usage every day in case
something like this should happen, a good thing I did as it turns out!
Mainly it's a matter of finding the cause, then we can try to solve the
problem.
Thanks to all.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
