Limiting Bandwidth Hogs on Public Wireless Nets? 171
arglesnaf asks: "I'm a consultant and spend a lot of time on public wireless networks at client sites (mostly hospitals / universities), coffee shops, and hotels. Quite often, the problem is that some person is running BitTorrent and eating 100% of the bandwidth. The result is that I can't get email during the day or play World of Warcraft in the hotel. I have considered sniffing and spoofing TCP resets to free up some bandwidth but need an automated way to handle new BitTorrent connections. Does anybody have any ideas on how to automate the sniff and reset strategy, or other ways to carve out a little bandwidth from hogs on public wireless?"
Steps for getting bandwidth (Score:5, Funny)
Step 2: Point browser at gateway
Step 3: Log in with default password
Step 4: Change channel, change SSID, enable WPA-PSK, change password.
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit!
I suggest (Score:5, Funny)
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You kids these days... (Score:3, Funny)
You kids with your wireless networks and your rock-n-roll and your hula hoops and your big pants... Get off my lawn!!
Re:Short answer: No. (Score:3, Funny)
Just an FYI.
I'm an Student... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You kids these days... (Score:3, Funny)
You kids with your microprocessors and your CRTs and computers you can lift — GET OFF MY ROCKS!