Roomate's Gnutella client hogging bandwidth, can I steal it?

Adex_Xeda · Post by **Adex_Xeda** » December 4, 2002, 8:57 pm

My roommate runs his gnutella client all the time and the damn thing chokes up all the cable modem bandwidth.

Do any of you IT guys know a sneaky way that I could wrangle back some of that bandwidth, or guard what I have?

Or.... do you know a subtile way I could choak up his client?

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » December 4, 2002, 9:13 pm

accidently have someone break into ur house and steal his computer?

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 4, 2002, 9:17 pm

who pays the isp bill? do you split it?

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 4, 2002, 9:23 pm

If it came down to it, could you kick his ass?

noel · Post by **noel** » December 4, 2002, 9:29 pm

If you get/have a firewall type device (Linksys/Netgear) you can set priorities/bandwidth limits for individual 'flows'. If you can determine which TCP port #s Morpheus uses, you should be able to set this up. I'll look into it more tonight.

Some of the better firewalls will allow you to set limits on the amount of bandwidth that can be used by an individual IP address.

Adex_Xeda · Post by **Adex_Xeda** » December 4, 2002, 10:05 pm

We share the connection over a dhcp server/switch.

His computer is upstairs behind a door I have no key to.

I just figured if I could quietly take control of things and set limits I'd keep all the cards and wouldn't have to "negotiate."

noel · Post by **noel** » December 4, 2002, 10:11 pm

Well if you don't have a hardware router, you should. Once it's on your network you can just telnet/http into it to admin it.

I fucked with my brother once and blocked all of his favorite web sites, then claimed they were all down.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » December 4, 2002, 10:58 pm

You could always unplug his computer from the hub/switch you have

Neost · Post by **Neost** » December 5, 2002, 1:14 am

Piss in his power supply.

But make sure it's unplugged first!

Leyor · Post by **Leyor** » December 5, 2002, 2:41 am

Use a router program like wingate or winroute? If it doesnt work you can always block his gnutella discretely :P

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » December 5, 2002, 12:01 pm

Never overthink the simple solution, you could in fact restrict his bandwidth in several sneaky underhanded ways, but going up and smacking him in the head with a 10 pound bass is going to be the most effective AND satisfying.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » December 5, 2002, 12:05 pm

Kylere wrote:Never overthink the simple solution, you could in fact restrict his bandwidth in several sneaky underhanded ways, but going up and smacking him in the head with a 10 pound bass is going to be the most effective AND satisfying.

Speaking of Bass Just buy one of those Singing Bass's and hang it on the wall, Or better yet put his Power Strip on "THe Clapper" If he gets out of lne just <Clap> <Clap> Boom problem solved.

Drewno · Post by **Drewno** » December 5, 2002, 12:19 pm

Three words: No more pr0n.