Disallowing Streaming on a campground WiFi

Toddupton wrote:
Lots of routers can limit bandwidth to each user. Not exactly the answer to what you are asking but about the only easy way to do it.

and many parks are using them. one park in ohio limited internet connections to 30-minutes and then terminated the connection. you could log back on right away but it was a PITA. this was their way of combating video streaming.

A quick Google search on the topic gave me this...first of many results:



The problem is that many different sites use different methods of video streaming. Some even use HTTP to do it. It will be very difficult if not impossible to implement this for all sites.

You may have better luck implementing bandwidth restrictions per ip address. It's possible if you use a Cisco router/firewall. Basically, you'd use access lists similar to this:

access-list 101 permit ip any 10.10.10.7 255.255.255.255

class-map match-any RESTRICTED description This Server Info match access-group 101

policy-map BANDWIDTH-RESTRICTED class RESTRICTED police 1000000 10000 exceed-action drop

int f0 service-policy output BANDWIDTH-RESTRICTED

You'd have to create one for each ip (the ips can be dhcp or static) and you'd modify the bandwidth allowed and interface applied to as necessary.

I 'm sure there are other possible solutions if you keep looking.

Lots of routers can limit bandwidth to each user. Not exactly the answer to what you are asking but about the only easy way to do it.

About all you can on most generic router setups is restrict usage by required pass-word and/or not have an external antenna connected...

Roy Ken

gemert wrote:

jcpainter wrote:
Could any of our forum "gurus" that work with WiFi installations recommend a router that will allow the host to disallow streaming?

Our park currently provides a very very very low speed WiFi connection in their library. They are considering upgrading, but only want the WiFi to be accessible from the library and don't want anyone to be able to bog it down for others by streaming.

Thoughts?

Thank you for all ideas

How would it cost them to put in a decent connection that allowed people to stream? Divide that by all your customers, all month. Why not??

Why not? One possible reason is that high bandwidth service may not even be available to the park. It's amazing how many places are still stuck with 1.4 MBit DSL service...... even an upgraded DSL would not work for a park with dozens or more people all streaming videos.

I am looking forward to hearing what the hardware solution is, too, to the original poster's question.

jcpainter wrote:
Could any of our forum "gurus" that work with WiFi installations recommend a router that will allow the host to disallow streaming?

Our park currently provides a very very very low speed WiFi connection in their library. They are considering upgrading, but only want the WiFi to be accessible from the library and don't want anyone to be able to bog it down for others by streaming.

Thoughts?

Thank you for all ideas

How would it cost them to put in a decent connection that allowed people to stream? Divide that by all your customers, all month. Why not??