I live in a duplex, and suspect one of the upstairs occupants is running torrents and using up a TON of bandwidth. I haven't been able to figure out who it is, so in the meantime I've blocked ports 6881-6999 on our network, which, I believe, will prevent them from using torrents.
My question is this - will blocking those ports increase INTERNET SURFING speeds (I don't care about torrent speeds here, just to be clear - I'm trying to block those altogether to increase general internet surfing speeds)?
Also, if I block those ports, will it also block the use of MSN Messenger (ports 6891-6901)? I don't want to block MSN Messenger, just the use of torrents.
Thanks for any insight.
(And before any of you start telling me I'm mean to my neighbors in blocking torrent ports, I do plan on figuring out who it is and compromising with them, I'm just experimenting with increasing our internet speeds).
A further question - if I block all but, say, 10 torrent ports (6881-6890), will that kind of "force" the torrents to run slower, and allocate more bandwidth for general surfing?
My question is this - will blocking those ports increase INTERNET SURFING speeds (I don't care about torrent speeds here, just to be clear - I'm trying to block those altogether to increase general internet surfing speeds)?
Also, if I block those ports, will it also block the use of MSN Messenger (ports 6891-6901)? I don't want to block MSN Messenger, just the use of torrents.
Thanks for any insight.
(And before any of you start telling me I'm mean to my neighbors in blocking torrent ports, I do plan on figuring out who it is and compromising with them, I'm just experimenting with increasing our internet speeds).
A further question - if I block all but, say, 10 torrent ports (6881-6890), will that kind of "force" the torrents to run slower, and allocate more bandwidth for general surfing?