Submission + - Limiting bandwidth hogs on Public Wireless
arglesnaf writes: I'm a consultant and spend a lot of time on public wireless networks at client sites (mostly Hospitals / Universities), coffee shops, and hotels. The problem is quite often some person is running bit torrent 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 bit torrent 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?
