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Originally posted by deepblue
You could configure your router to drop all packets that are sent through the ports that are being flooded. Example: set a new firewall rule to drop all packets going through port 137 (or simply block the port if your hardware allows it). That should stop the packets from reaching their destination but not from being sent from the computer. You could do the same thing with a software firewall on each computer. That should stop all communications from being sent and recieved through the ports. Good luck.
deepblue |
The packets are being blocked by my firewall. But my question is why is computer 1 sending out the packets in the first place. And why so much with Limewire.
Computer 1 works fine weather my computer (2) is on or off, so what is the purpose of the traffic??
My computer (2) does not have Limewire.
If I check "Hide Broadcast traffic" Then it ignores the transmissions. But my other question is; is traffic blocked by the firewall have an effect on bandwidth, I would think so, since it has to arrive at the computer to know it's going to be blocked.
I'd rather stop it at the source then force blocking it in the router, either cause that might mess up other things that need it, also i dont really like messing with those settings in the router.
This Internet connection is capped pretty low, so I want all the bandwidth I can get.