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23-02-2012 9:55 PM
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23-02-2012 10:00 PM
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You could use opendns to block access to the sites in the first place.
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23-02-2012 10:10 PM
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Although actually blocking the use of Peer to Peer might be a little difficult, it might be easier to go into the 'Block Sites' section and you will see another section whoch says "Block Sites Containing these Keywords or Domain Names:" - meaning you could type in there various key words related to peer to peer downloading such as 'Torrents', if you typed that key word in, it would block access to any sites with the keyword which matches that.
I hope that helps
Re: DG834 netgear router - advice
23-02-2012 10:34 PM
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Had a house guest last week who was 'bit-torrent' downloading, rather hammered my usage, didn't realise at the time. Which also explained why the service was running slow.
If there was a way to disable Peer to Peer would save me a lot of grief. If I block key-words the user gets a black screen with Netgear Blocked in red letters.
If I try and block P2P, it just dosent connect, if I identify all the possible P2P clients, search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers, then set up a list to block those port numbers could it work?
Re: DG834 netgear router - advice
23-02-2012 10:41 PM
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if you block all ports but TCP 21,22,80,110,443 UDP 53 you should be ok, but other apps may use other ports.
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Re: DG834 netgear router - advice
23-02-2012 10:46 PM
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Have you enabled PlusNet 'surf'? https://portal.plus.net/surf/ may not work (for the same reasons as above) but may help in some cases.
I see dvorak beat me to the reply.
@ dvorak,will UPNP bypass blocked ports?
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23-02-2012 10:47 PM
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23-02-2012 11:07 PM
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The other option you could use if you have a spare / old pc lying around is smoothwall to get all your traffic going through that, possibly easier and more flexible in the long run.
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Re: DG834 netgear router - advice
24-02-2012 8:36 AM
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Can it just be activated/deactivated by clicking the box? So I could turn it on/off as required
Is there a charge for this service?
I sometimes use Peer-to-Peer for downloading large map images distributed by US government, I'd want to be able to deactivate as required
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24-02-2012 9:00 AM
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There's no charge and it's dead simple. Just beware that it can be bypassed by choosing non-standard ports in most of the software it's designed to block.
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24-02-2012 9:01 AM
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24-02-2012 12:14 PM
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Quote from: dvorak I don't think the surf option is that effective, as bittorrent can use any port
Good point:- But the effectiveness is something I can live with, the point is I can define a 'local policy' by blocking P2P, but allow house guests, to email, surf, game and watch Iplayer.
If they choose to by-pass that policy by using another port, yet continue to use P2P, I can always choose to 'switch off the WiFi'. (my own PC's are hard wired)
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