I hate torrents... Any programs that can block them?

Whackeygrunt

Whackeygrunt

Whackeygrunt

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Right,

This is probably going to be in vain but here it goes...

I have a house mate who downloads via torrents all the damn time. Even when he's not downloading I suspect he just leaves the damn client program running either out of pure ignorance or convinience as he uses it to loacate where he's saved his downloaded files (why he doesn't just use windows explorer like anyone else I don't know). This of course is playing havoc with the bandwidth and indeed NAT settings.

How does this affect me? Well browsing the net is mostly fine but it's when I want to play an online game on the pc or play on xbox live + chat to mates it becomes a real problem. Constant lag and/or voice break ups and connectivity issues.

I've tried asking him to stop etc, long story short he pays the net bill so I have little say. I'm tired of having to conatntly ask him to knock it off or sneakily do it myself when he's away from his laptop. I'm aware you can perhaps block ports or disable UPNP etc but this would muck up my xbox's NAT (it always does and I cbb with this route as it's just more trouble than it's worth).

So I was wondering are there any programs that can block torrents from sucking up all the bandwidth? I suspect not as anything that blocks p2p services is going to block my xbox as well but hey, worth a shot in asking.

Cheers.
 
If it's his broadband connection then either put up with the situation or pay to have a second phone line installed and have your own broadband.

Anything worthwhile that could be implemented would need the cooperation of the other party. If you’re prepared to find alternative accommodation at fairly short notice there could be some other options.
 
If it's his service then he can use it however he likes, you shouldn't be trying to install stuff or change settings to hinder what he wants to do with the connection. If you don't like it pay for your own connection.
 
Some right butthurt people in here eh. I didn't realise you could get another line installed in the same property as I thought it was one phone line per household... Not too sure how that would work out. Anyone got multiple phone lines?
 
You pay for another line. There may be a connection fee of up to £120 iirc. Then you have line rental and monthly internet bills

On the plus side you have the satisfaction of moaning.about paying for your own net. People here are not "butt hurt", some of us pay our way and have little patience for freeloaders
 
Do you have cable or ADSL?

Though tbh if youre not paying, there isn't much you can do as people have noted above. Not sure how you can install a custom firmware or some type of switch/hub without getting him annoyed..
 
How is it freeloading? There is no issue with others using the network for free. If there was then I would have to pay. That's his choice.

I'm just after resonable and fair net usage. Not really asking for much surely? I never do anything that affects others net experience. He doesn't have to stop donloading altogether, but there is no need to suck up all the bandwidth all the damn time and prevent others from having a nice evening.

Anyway I've found a lol worthy soloution to my problem. Thanks for the input anyway people.
 
Whackeygrunt said:
How is it freeloading? There is no issue with others using the network for free. If there was then I would have to pay. That's his choice.

I'm just after resonable and fair net usage. Not really asking for much surely? I never do anything that affects others net experience. He doesn't have to stop donloading altogether, but there is no need to suck up all the bandwidth all the damn time and prevent others from having a nice evening.
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He pays the bill. Beggars can't be choosers.
 
Whackeygrunt said:
How is it freeloading? There is no issue with others using the network for free. If there was then I would have to pay. That's his choice.
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It's freeloading if you're using something for free that someone else is paying for.

If you have a tenancy agreement that includes broadband then it’s a different issue.

Personally I wouldn’t allow anyone who wasn’t immediate family share an internet connection that was in my name. When the police come knocking who’s going to get the blame?
 
As already said, there is no issue with others using the net for free. It was here when we moved in, he paid for it then and does so now. That's his choice. I offered to pay before but he said he wasn't fussed. I highly suspect that even if I did pay towards it he would still leave the torrent client open and use up all the bandwidth. Then not only would I be annoyed as I am now, I would be ****ed.

Anyway I've got something that should pretty much sort the problem out. Thanks again for the input
 
So he's got an internet connection which he lets you share for free, but he uses it without thinking of your xbox playing first. I'd try to get him evicted, he sounds like a right nasty piece of work :D
 
Whackeygrunt said:
That would work also lol.

No it's a remote access client that I decided to get after a little google searching. Gonna put it onto his laptop and then whenever the bandwidth goes simply log onto his desktop, close utorrent. Stable connection once more.
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You are a grade A ass bandit. Just remember to turn it back on when your done.
 
Whackeygrunt said:
That would work also lol.

No it's a remote access client that I decided to get after a little google searching. Gonna put it onto his laptop and then whenever the bandwidth goes simply log onto his desktop, close utorrent. Stable connection once more.
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Ignoring that fact that this would probably be criminal, you've just got to hope that he's not the sort to go down the baseball bat route!
 
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