Quake3World

i share an internet connection with like 4 people... and one of them just downloads porn nonstop. It is preventing me from playing video games and slows down my internet surfing drastically. arg. is there ANYTHING i can do to like... cap his rate or something?

is he using a p2p program to download? if so you can block the ports and change the router password.

If you've got a spare PC, you can run a linux router soft on it to control bandwidth per PC.

Of course, it depends who owns the connection. if you're not the one who holds the account, then you're pretty much fucked.

You could withdraw your share and get your own connection.

@bit: that's a bit obvious

you can try something like

http://www.softperfect.com/products/ban ... ttling.htm

...or you can tell him to get a fucking g/f

i have a mac, i am sort of "in charge" or the internet in the house and i have passwords for the wireless router... um. yeah.

You're either the account holder for the line/connection or you're not.

That has to be pretty much the end of the debate either way.

yes i am the account holder :-)

So either you reach a compromise where he can schedule the downloads to run when you're not gaming (uTorrent does this, so does eMule depending on his network of choice), or he's not on your connection any more.

An entirely reasonable offer, as long as you explain how gaming differs from most other web activities and why it needs a clear line.

well that is definitely the obvious option, but i was looking for a less direct approach.

uh just talk to him about it?

Ask him to limit the number of connections on emule/bittorrent. That will do wonders.

come on Zeek0, you just moved out, surely your nuts have dropped.

riddla wrote:an aluminum baseball bat to the skull does wonders

Best thing is they don't remember what happened :icon14:

zeeko wrote:well that is definitely the obvious option, but i was looking for a less direct approach.

Passive aggressive is not a route you want to start taking.

Pretty soon people will smash a shopping cart into your car and you end up apologizing for parking your car there

drug him, then take a picture of him while he's asleep with your cock in his mouth, and threaten to publish it on 4chan if he doesn't stop it

just yell out the next time he is on the phone with his parents or something, "WOULD YOU STOP DOWNLOADING PORN ALL THE DAMN TIME???"

cut off his dick

alright. i did it.




































i cut off his dick. but not really :-) I was just like, dude, download your shit after like 2 in the morning and before noon.

that a boy.

I would be more concerned with fucknuts like that doing something stupid like getting riaa on your case (it is your conn. afterall)

is there realistically a big chance a of the riaa coming to get you?

zeeko wrote:is there realistically a big chance a of the riaa coming to get you?

not us, you

Put a parental sentinel on your friend's computer