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FSAA
I have a small network with the Internet link shared using Windows XP's ICS
and a switch. Lately some users started using P2P apps and before you know
it all the bandwidth to the Internet has been taken up. Banning P2P and have
some form of use policy is not an option due to "office politics"
I wish to archive one of the following two with minimal budget:
1. Use packet filter on the ICS gateway computer and drop all P2P related
packets.
Or
2. Use hardware (switch) or software based bandwidth throttling to allocated
only a set amount of bandwidth to a particular IP address or port on the
switch (e.g. 56Kbs etc)
Freeware or cheaper software/hardware is preferred. I am willing to upgrade
to a switch with the desired function but not spending the whole year's
budget on a CISO switch.
I am well aware that they can be implemented using Linux iptable or FreeBSD
ipfw but I do not think switching the gateway to Linux is workable at the
moment
Any suggestions are welcomed, thanks (sorry for the X-post)
FSAA
and a switch. Lately some users started using P2P apps and before you know
it all the bandwidth to the Internet has been taken up. Banning P2P and have
some form of use policy is not an option due to "office politics"
I wish to archive one of the following two with minimal budget:
1. Use packet filter on the ICS gateway computer and drop all P2P related
packets.
Or
2. Use hardware (switch) or software based bandwidth throttling to allocated
only a set amount of bandwidth to a particular IP address or port on the
switch (e.g. 56Kbs etc)
Freeware or cheaper software/hardware is preferred. I am willing to upgrade
to a switch with the desired function but not spending the whole year's
budget on a CISO switch.
I am well aware that they can be implemented using Linux iptable or FreeBSD
ipfw but I do not think switching the gateway to Linux is workable at the
moment
Any suggestions are welcomed, thanks (sorry for the X-post)
FSAA