BitTorrent trouble
August 5th, 2016
I know it is not cool to dnload and to not share…but this is outta control now and costing bandwidth and money.
Appreciate any help…and yea you may have kids as well so you will know where I am comin from
The best way is to do this with your router; that is if it has a bandwidth limitation feature.
If this isn’t an option,
http://www.netlimiter.com/products/netlimiter-4
It allows you to control bandwidth by program and set user rights so that your son won’t be able to change the parameters without a password.
The nice thing about this, is that you don’t have to shutoff all net access – it can be done for each application (maybe even by protocol, I can’t remember).
Thank you rick…I think your advice is the way to go. I have a good router and will find out how to block or restrict incoming traffic. Thanks Buddy!
Jack
any idea what app he’s using?
you can turn off data after so much has been done. uTorrent, Deluge etc.
afaik, net limiter will also work and it’s very good.
Instead of blocking the traffic how about discussing this as a parent-son thing, perhaps educating yourself in the process and understanding how the software works and getting him to understand that if he does not control his usage his access may be taken away. No disrespect intended but surely that’s what a a parent is supposed to do, no?
I completely agree with the above..Good advice..The smart way is to talk and educate them about responsible usage of the Internet..
The app my Son is using is called “BitTorrent” and neither he nor I can find a way within the program to limit or control incoming traffic.
Our Son is a grown adult and following his divorce several years ago he lives with us, I said with us as he works and pays his share of all expenses. We do have one argument, he refuses to join a forum and likes the P2P scene…and there have been fights bout it!
I think if you will have to find a compromise otherwise it will cost you more and more money also you might get noticed by your isp who might alert another authority about large usage ,if your son as you say is an adult i think he should bow his head in shame putting you through this.
The app my Son is using is called "BitTorrent" and neither he nor I can find a way within the program to limit or control incoming traffic.
Our Son is a grown adult and following his divorce several years ago he lives with us, I said with us as he works and pays his share of all expenses. We do have one argument, he refuses to join a forum and likes the P2P scene...and there have been fights bout it!
I don’t know if there is an app called “BitTorrent” – that is the name of the protocol that is used to transfer files to P2P networks, and clients that implement the protocol are called “BitTorrent clients”, are you sure it is not called “uTorrent” or something similar? If so, take a look at the following image:
http://i.imgur.com/Wv0bIbt.png
I think if you will have to find a compromise otherwise it will cost you more and more money also you might get noticed by your isp who might alert another authority about large usage ,if your son as you say is an adult i think he should bow his head in shame putting you through this.
I disagree here – obviously I don’t want to steer the thread into the wrong direction but if his son is paying for his expenses then ideally there should be a mutual agreement as to the limits of the Internet, I.E how much he is allowed to use it per month, and he pays for any excess.
Thank you for explaining that BitTorrent is not the program but the protocol of the P2P the lovable Son is using…I will find out which “Client” he is using and find a way to limit outside access, or to block all incoming off. I sorta freaked when the cable guy told me that 320 GB was uploaded from our line last month, and was thankful I wasn’t charged extra but with the understanding that I am taking steps to trim that number way down.
Since you said 320 GB was uploaded.
Tell him to go to his torrent downloader and stop all torrent that are seeding. It will continue to seed/upload until the policy have reached or till you stop it. Just need that program name
After knowing the program name. We can surly help you set it up. So he can download what ever he likes and give an 1:1 ratio if he’s using private or really no seed after downloading on public. I download from public all the time. Mine is setup to stop after fishing the download
I also would advise you tell your son to buy an VPN subscription when using torrents.
I think if you will have to find a compromise otherwise it will cost you more and more money also you might get noticed by your isp who might alert another authority about large usage ,if your son as you say is an adult i think he should bow his head in shame putting you through this.
Its true unless this person is paying his shares which in this case he is. Why should he bow his head in shame bro? OP did stated that his son and he tried to figured out a way to stop this trouble. Meaning he is not doing it just because he can but really.. dont know how to stop it. Not everyone are good with computers and can just click click off you go
Thank you for explaining that BitTorrent is not the program but the protocol of the P2P the lovable Son is using...I will find out which "Client" he is using and find a way to limit outside access, or to block all incoming off. I sorta freaked when the cable guy told me that 320 GB was uploaded from our line last month, and was thankful I wasn't charged extra but with the understanding that I am taking steps to trim that number way down.
If your son is paying his way then surely if he uses more than your internet account allows then he will have to pay for it. Speak to him and tell him that he can use x GB per month in total and that if he goes above that he will have to pay for it.
If he is using bit torrent then he really should be protecting your IP with a VPN or you could end up in legal trouble.
Thank you for explaining that BitTorrent is not the program but the protocol of the P2P the lovable Son is using...I will find out which "Client" he is using and find a way to limit outside access, or to block all incoming off. I sorta freaked when the cable guy told me that 320 GB was uploaded from our line last month, and was thankful I wasn't charged extra but with the understanding that I am taking steps to trim that number way down. uploaded=outgoing traffic. that’s what gets you into trouble. whoever you upload to gets your IP address, and if it’s a copyright agents honeypot you connect to, they got you big time Usenet is much safer, if he don’t want to join a website.. P2P is just too risky to seed..
Gotta agree, torrents sites are on a hot list and this could you to lose your net access if it gets out of hand, or even worse.
Get yourself a vpn service, this will at least hide the real IP being used and give some protection from spying eyes.
Ask me, if you wanna know which service I use.