I need to stop my brother from using all the bandwidth/downloads

[gamerman4]

Look for a setting in the router than says "10.0.0.138" this is apparently the routers local IP (which is kindof an odd local IP). Look in any network settings for "local IP" or something like that, this would change the IP of the router.

 

[Gooberman]

Get on his computer and rig his utorrent shortcut or w/e he's using to shutdown his computer every time he clicks on it lol

 

[dznutz]

tell your mom to clean his computer

 

[tlarkin]

Look for a setting in the router than says "10.0.0.138" this is apparently the routers local IP (which is kindof an odd local IP). Look in any network settings for "local IP" or something like that, this would change the IP of the router.

Hitting the reset button on the router will change it back to the default IP. Physically access = no security on anything including computers, routers, switches, and so forth.

 

[Flaring Afro]

Unscrew your router and physically make you unable to reset it from the button? He might not think to unscrew it and try from inside, if he cant tell the button is disconnected from the outside.

You could also look into some kind of program that would close the torrent program automatically. I think I might have saw something on a carputer site you might be able to use....

EDIT: Couldn't find it, but i'd try the button thing.

EDIT2: Wait, when the f**k did they start limiting monthly bandwidth? I've heard of it for cell phones but not for home. Just switch to fios.

 

[Zatharus]

EDIT2: Wait, when the f**k did they start limiting monthly bandwidth? I've heard of it for cell phones but not for home. Just switch to fios.

This is not uncommon and will vary widely by carrier. Just take a look at any satellite based IP.

Also, OP is in Australia.

 

[linkin]

Yeah, Australia sucks for internet. we have no FIOS, we are still on copper lines, we have tiny data limits, and telstra actually owns all the telephone lines and is forced to rent them out to other companies... and the worst part of all: telstra has about 50% of the market but they are the worst ISP ever.

I complained to the about my upload problems (progress bar says finished instantly but file not uploaded) and they told me to reset Internet Explorer which i don't even use... I told them i used Firefox. I have had the same problem across 3 operating systems... Their "Tech Support" is absolutely horrible.

/Rant

I'm on ADSL2+ now, but i'm still capped til the 13th We went over our inital download limit of 25gb (again, telstra FTL), then our new plan was applied, we got un-capped so i let my brother download whatever. Turns out all they did was give us another 6gb of downloads... which was eaten up in less than a day, so yeah. 64kbps sucks

Anyway i talked with my brother to arrange that when i'm gaming or using the net he won't download anything. Score 1 for me.

At least i learned that torrents can make your ping go higher than 1000 in CS:S. I was warping all over the place.

 

[Black6]

Get rid of your router and install Smoothwall on an old computer lying around (PIIs are fine). The software is free and allows much more in the way of configuration options including QOS. He can also reboot the computer as often as he wants but it won't reset anything. Another benefit is you can track sites visited by local IP so if he looks at porn, when his pisses you off you can print a list of the sites and give it to your mom.

 

[linkin]

It's okay, everything has been sorted. apart from my braindead ISP.

 

[Drenlin]

I do have a another thought, for future reference. Virtualbox allows for the creation of virtual hard disks, right? There's a setting on there which allows you to pick the total volume, rather than having it dynamically expand. Make one big enough that it only leaves a couple hundred megs on his HD, and hide it in some obscure folder. Problem solved.