Re: Networking over mains cables

In article <MPG.239173523ceebe449896d3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Greg <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <5001cb9cfbspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
says...

He's too thick to set it to do anything like that, so I think the
software itself was programmed to leech through any open port it
could find that wasn't currently being used by the computer, so
without blocking him completely it was useable.

I could make it fast enough to still allow that without it using
more than its fair share of the bandwidth, but that would be
allowing him to download pirated material via my network, so the
words "fuff" and "ock" spring to mind here in terms of what he
can do.

A couple of arrogant statements there I think.

Really? Oh well - sue me.

It boils down to this, really: My network, my rules.

If my user doesn't want to accept that, which he has demonstrated to
be the case time and time again, then I will limit the bandwidth
available to him to make it next to useless for downloading large
amounts of data. Which is precisely what I've done.

If your point is that even on with a low speed he can still download
but it'll just take longer then, yes, I know. Short of a complete
block, like security, trying to stop this outright is a compromise -
but in this particular case, see below.

I don't think you're 'up to speed' on the current P2P scene.

He's not "up to speed" on it either - quite literally. :p

ATEOTD, I don't wish to be up to speed. I couldn't really give a fig
about the P2P scene, just so long as *my* network and bandwidth isn't
being abused by my selfish user.

The only way to limit a P2P junkie

In this case, we're not really talking about a "P2P junkie" - his
nature is such that if something takes too long, he doesn't bother -
he gets bored waiting. The limited speed is the perfect solution.
is to limit their access times

Which I do as well for another reason, as I've already said.

as the ISPs have found out to their cost.

I'm not an ISP, and he's not paying me.

--
VinceH
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