snowpro2000
join:2004-06-13
Canada
| reply to cariboo
Re: Which web services (like kazza) should I block ?
I'm back..
Let's put this fire out before it gets out of hand!
While I did not think that my original question was sarcastic in any way shape or form, I guess we all look at things in a different way.
I'm ready to kiss and make up as long as you are a blond, blue eyed female with a body to die for. Sorry If you were offended but I did not appreciate the way your response was worded. I am often told that I am too sensitive.
Does that mean I can cancel the order I just placed on that new snowmobile? (just kidding!).
Life would be boring around here without things like this happening.
Paul |
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bilbo4fun
Premium
join:2002-02-18
Camden, SC
 ·Windstream
| reply to cariboo
Having been where you are I wouldn't block any ports. Too many calls with Internet problems and after much time on phone you find out they can surf and email fine, it's there file sharing program. I used Microtik and looked every morning at the queues and saw who the highest users where. I would throttle them down there. I had 4 users i cut down to 64000kbps and they never said a thing about speed. A few heavy abusers I would slow down more..they did call and I told them my software saw abnormal usage and throttled them down. Do you have a virus or do file sharing? I then explained the facts of life and everything worked out. In my opinion leaving everything open, give new users a 10 day or so honeymoon period, then throttle down abusers is the way to go.
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Have you played Tradewars today? I miss the old BBS days. |
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shamanfk
join:2001-03-12
Fort Kent, ME
| One of the advantages of Mikrotik is that you can burst each connection,,so we identify the abusers and allow them to burst to their full speed for 75 seconds (enough to download 8MBs and do a speed check) then throttle them down a notch and they must go lower for awhile until they can burst again.
We also throttle the upload when we find a kazaa/napster user who leaves the program on and takes the entire allotted u/l bandwidth for extended periods of time--so we cut those in half after 75 seconds,,,,we have not had one complaint from customers and have freed up bandwidth to allow more webhosting/CPE's on the T1.
at this point we have not prioritized the whole pipe with bandwidth management but have 75 clients on a T1.
I am looking to engineer/integrate a bandwidth management configuration/solution this summer/fall which should bring us to 100 users on a single T1.
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Success is getting what you want; Happiness is wanting what you get. |
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cariboo
join:2005-04-26
Schefferville, QC | reply to bilbo4fun
Re: Which web services (like kazza) should I block
Thanks bilbo4fun! I appreciate the help/advice. I'm thinking Mikrotik is the way to go now.
Thanks to shamanfk too! |
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