Internet traffic and Azureus -

[Bob Goodwin]

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