This is probably what I will do. I have already put a nail in the p2p coffin as their upload cap is even more restrictive than the download limit. Being satellite, they pay for every bit sent or received (ok, not on a per bit basis but if they go over either the up or down limit they are shut down... hard)
Andy On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Jonathan Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Bucky 'Igneous' Wolfe > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Definitely, drop in a *nix router >> (IPcop/SmoothWall/ClarkConnect/PFsense), and use their built-in >> bandwidth shaper/limiters. Problem solved. Also, I'd suggest >> installing something like squid, so it does router-level http caching, >> so only the new, relevant things that need to get downloaded actually >> do. There's no sense downloading a 120kb header.png every time you >> visit a site ;) > > Caching is something that you should seriously consider. There is a > lot of bandwidth wasted with DNS queries, background images, etc as > some have already pointed out. > > If it's a family your doing this for, I'd consider talking about > blocking P2P, streaming and such. I'm not a big supporter of > censorship, but it could help save alot of bandwidth. > > > -jon > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
