njausteve Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Hi, i supply wireless internet to guys in my home area via a bullet. I use mac filter plus pre-shared WPA2 key for security. The problem is that due to the Low shared bandwidth in the network the speed reduces greatly when people make downloads via torrents. I am looking for a solution to completely block torrents. I have had ideas of a normal pc that is dedicated as the proxy server. I however don't have a clue where to start and how to do it.Kindly brainstorm. Edited April 26, 2014 by njausteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8igmac Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Iptables seem to be the solution. I would like to extend my knowledge on this subject. I have installed ddwrt on a few routers... one feature is iptables... Torrent block with iptables is simple. I would like to see some examples on giving torrent traffic a throttle or low priority Edited April 26, 2014 by i8igmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njausteve Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 ip tables dont work on Linksys Wi-Fi Router WRT120N do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Isn't torrent traffic encrypted these days, and using random ports to boot? You'd need deep packet inspection to get it to work. I feel the best route to success is to disallow direct outbound connections. Put in a (transparent) proxy that caches too to increase network performance a bit. Allow outbound traffic to specific ports (dns, smtp, pop3 and imap should be sufficient) and block everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8igmac Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Cooper has good advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Give this a read: https://forums.hak5.org/index.php?/topic/16731-blocking-bittorrent-traffic/?hl=%2Bblock+%2Bbittorrent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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