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Posted by Adam Chapman on March 9, 2008, 4:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options My flatmate is keeping me awake every night until 3-4am talking extremely loudly with skype. I have an inventel router with orange. Thanks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by astormchaser on March 9, 2008, 6:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options If you want to know how hard it is to block Skype read this article. There were claims in the comments section about people being able to block skype but I have not seen anything for real. Your best bet would be to start up some really big downloads on your computer and that will mess up his ability to talk. astormchaser www.netequalizer.com http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1951130,00.asp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DevilsPGD on March 9, 2008, 6:55 pm
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>Is there a way to block skype from the router?
> >My flatmate is keeping me awake every night until 3-4am talking >extremely loudly with skype. > >I have an inventel router with orange. Is the internet connection yours, or a shared resource? If it's shared, then the answer is: you don't. If it's yours and you are not otherwise compensated, then you are free to place restrictions. With Skype, the easiest solution is to simply deny all access during certain time periods, Skype goes out of it's way to be difficult to block, so the appropriate response is to "pull the plug" (figuratively or literally, I'm a fan of simply rejecting all unwanted traffic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Mark McIntyre on March 9, 2008, 7:39 pm
Please log in for more thread options Adam Chapman wrote:
> Is there a way to block skype from the router?
Do you want to stop only skype, or are you cool with stoppping all internet access after midnight or whatever? > My flatmate is keeping me awake every night until 3-4am talking
> extremely loudly with skype. Did you try asking them to keep the noise down? Its usually hte best way to solve interpersonal problems. Nuking their phoneline will just piss them off, and one day you'll find a dead mouse in your soup. Anyway... who owns the connection, ie what name is on the contract? If you're the contract holder, give your mate a warning and he he/she doesn't heed it then power off the router at midnight. Many routers have a "stop internet" button in their Admin GUI, so you could use that. Worst case, remove the power lead. If the flatmate is the contract holder, they can do what the heck they like, its their bill. Tell them you're moving out unless they become sociable, and tell them you'll warn future tenants of their bad habits. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by George on March 9, 2008, 8:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options Adam Chapman wrote:
> Is there a way to block skype from the router?
> > My flatmate is keeping me awake every night until 3-4am talking > extremely loudly with skype. > > I have an inventel router with orange. > > Thanks Whatever happened to just politely reminding them that there are other people living there who are being disturbed? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> My flatmate is keeping me awake every night until 3-4am talking
> extremely loudly with skype.
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> I have an inventel router with orange.
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> Thanks