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Anav
Sarcastic Llama? Naw, Just Acerbic
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to tomdlgns

Re: block torrents, usenet, etc...

Okay people use your noggins. What is the best way to discourage p2p etc.
What do most hotspot wifi type units do (specific functionality).

And yes by the way I always recommend something like the N4100 in front of a USG for a setup. Makes is a plugNplay for the staff (they can hand out premade tickets for wifi etc etc......... - another thread perhaps LOL).

In any case the answer is BWM your wifi guests. THe wifi hotspots allow one to rate limit per user as well as apply BWM. THat is a p2p killer. Not sure what can be done similarly on the USG....... Perhaps assign the lowest QOS to p2p type traffic and use BWM in a creative way.

Note how the guard LLama is faster and more intelligent than the guard mutt.

Brano
I hate Vogons
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Brano

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How does N4100 deal with encrypted traffic? Does it have SSL proxy or what method is used?

Anav
Sarcastic Llama? Naw, Just Acerbic
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Dartmouth, NS

Anav

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Good question.
The rate limiting is applied to an account, why would it matter what type of traffic it is??

Furthermore, the op could use a managed switch after the USG and use port rate limiting as well.

Brano
I hate Vogons
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Brano

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You can do BWM/Rate limiting with USG too. USG has captive portal as well. The only thing that's questionable is inspection of encrypted traffic.