Detecting if ISPs are blocking torrent download. Ask Question 3. Up until this past month, I've had no problems downloading torrent files using uTorrent. Now, neither magnet links nor.torrentfiles can download. ISP can only block traffic they known. I will bet this is a routing problem as almost no ISP completely cuts torrent traffic.
Up until this past month, I've had no problems downloading torrent files using uTorrent. Now, neither magnet links nor .torrentfiles can download.
Is it possible that the ISP has started blocking P2P traffic? Is there a way to detect this? (I mean finding out yourself and not asking the ISP directly. Would that even work?)
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you can port blocking from your isp with this site:
but you can randomize port of torrent client that cause bypass specific port blocking from isp.
There are 2 software's you can run to attempt discovery of ISP bittorrent throttling.
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My internet connection is very slow. I suspect someone in the network is using a BitTorrent client which takes huge amount of bandwidth.
Is there a way to detect who is using my bandwidth (network sniffing tools etc)?
I should have pointed out that I have no access to the router, what I am looking for is a way of detecting someone's MAC/IP if she uses Bittorrent.
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Here's one comprehensive article. It suggests four approaches:
- Port-based analysis
- Protocol-based analysis
- Client-based analysis
- Behavioral analysis
Ryan's answer is great, though I would start by maintaining a very strict access policy on your network. Use MAC address filtering and use a very strong WPA2-PSK key. Essentially, preventing unwanted traffic starts with preventing unwanted users.
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QoS can be difficult to configure if you are totally unfamiliar. Can I have your router model?
Don't worry about who's doing it and stop them instead - if you log into the router, disable upnp, set the default to 'deny' for all ports and then only enable the ones you use (the services are normally listed in most domestic/soho routers) and see if anyone complains.
If you have access to your router you can see what traffic and what ports are being used. Additionally you can blog P2P inside most routers and see if your bandwidth improves. Is this a home or work network? Have you asked the users? QoS would be your best option if someone is using it and you don't want to completely shut it down. You can flag P2P traffic as bulk and give it a very low priority.