[grafx1]

i'm sharing ADSL 256 Kbs with my neighbours
all PCs are connected to a switch which connected to a router.

one of my neighbours insists on downloading movies during all the day
which sucks all the bandwidth and i can't do anything on the net,
i told him that, but no way...

is there a trick or something through the default gateway to stop him
even for a while until i finished my session on the net ?? (the switch isn't in my flat / i'm using XP Pro)

Thank you.

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This post has been edited by Gouki: 12 May 2006 - 11:57 AM

[gamehead200]

Easiest way? Cut him off and tell him to get his own DSL.

[trickytwista]

gamehead200, on May 12 2006, 07:59 PM, said:

Easiest way? Cut him off and tell him to get his own DSL.

hell yes, get that hero gone, lol

[rendrag]

is there QoS available on your router? If so, enable it, and disable or restrict the protocols their using. That'll free bandwidth up for you

[grafx1]

i don't think it has QoS, i didn't find it in settings.
it is Conexant router.

This post has been edited by grafx1: 12 May 2006 - 02:09 PM

[5eraph]

If your landlord set it up then you may have to tell him about it.

Since you seem to have administrative access to the router you could try setting a rule in the router to disable their internet access when you want to use it. If your movie-loving neighbor complains then tell them you tried playing nice...

This post has been edited by 5eraph: 12 May 2006 - 02:55 PM

[grafx1]

5eraph, on May 12 2006, 03:53 PM, said:

Since you seem to have administrative access to the router you could try setting a rule in the router to disable their internet access when you want to use it. If your movie-loving neighbor complains then tell them you tried playing nice...

and how is that ?? through the ip address range or what ?? Thanks.

[5eraph]

If your neighbor is using P2P you may have to disable all their access; it's too easy to change outgoing ports as I know all too well. You can try blocking the common incoming ports but it won't be perfect, and you can't block incoming IPs because there will be far too many from multiple ranges.

You'll need to get together with your other neighbors so you know what LAN IPs each of you use. Then, through the process of elimination, determine what IP your offending neighbor is using. Block that local IP when you or others need the bandwidth, then remove the block when you're finished.

I can't give you a step-by-step guide without knowing which router you're using.

This post has been edited by 5eraph: 12 May 2006 - 03:53 PM

[grafx1]

Thanks 5eraph so much for the info..., actually i know all IPs of the PCs
but don't know how to block that address !!
is it through the IP adress range, for example we have it set up from:
10.0.0.4 to 10.0.0.15 and his IP is 10.0.0.9 , so had i to reduce the range or what ?

we have Conexant Router.

This post has been edited by grafx1: 12 May 2006 - 03:56 PM

[5eraph]

If the one you want to block is 10.0.0.7, then try blocking 10.0.0.7 - 10.0.0.7. I'm not familiar with Conexant routers, so I can't say specifically how you'd do it.

For D-Link there's an Access Control section under the Advanced tab, your configuration is most likely different.

[grafx1]

Thanks 5eraph, i'll try.