Shared connection info, disabling torrents.

pyro · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:32

We are four of us sharing a connection, I am wired to the router, the other three are wireless, one of them keeps on using torrents...the three of us keep on telling him not to upload as much but the guy is being a ****. Is there a way to limit his upload, on a Linksys wrt54g running dd-wrt, without having to run a linux box to do that?

Spyhop · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:02

You could bump all of his traffic to a lower priority using the MAC address section of the QoS page. I'm not certain that it works for wireless clients, though.

G@rethf · 16 Mar 2007 at 13:13

I have exactly the same situation on my home network so any suggestions would be very welcome!

WotDa · 16 Mar 2007 at 14:39

G@rethf said:
I have exactly the same situation on my home network so any suggestions would be very welcome!

Same, a quick definition of CBR, VBR and UBR QoS types would be handy too. I don't have the option to filter out a MAC to low prioity on my WAG200G, just ports.

Mon · 16 Mar 2007 at 14:50

Can't you just block his mac address until he stops uploading as much

jdderbys · 16 Mar 2007 at 14:56

just kick him off the router ever now and again. most clients wont auto reconnect to the tracker when his internet reconnects

Tony Williams · 16 Mar 2007 at 19:48

Can't you block the ports that'll slow 'em down? ie DMZ to his IP OFF and make sure the router isn't allowing the port.

http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=xxxxx

xxxxx = his port number here

Or try going to Access Restriction (if your router has it) and only let him connect at either day or night, wont leave torrents on then, or just give him 2 hours a day.