Spotting and Banning Network Abusers
How to identify and block abusive network behavior, whether from "cybersquatters" (people who use your network for excessive periods of time) or "bandwidth hogs" (people who soak up more than their fair share of bandwidth).
First be sure that QoS/Throttling is enabled on your Sputnik-powered devices.
You can preempt many network abuses (such as peer-to-peer file sharing) using the QoS/Throttling setting from your Sputnik-powered device's settings page. This feature is available for Sputnik-powered DD-WRT firmware running Sputnik Agent version 3.3.6.2 or higher.
If basic QoS management and bandwidth throttling is available for that Sputnik-powered device, you will see a "QoS/Throttling" checkbox.
For more information, see the online documentation chapter titled "Quality of Service (QoS) and Bandwidth Limits".
Also, be sure guest expiration interval and blackout period are set.
You can limit the amount of time users spend on your network by setting a guest expiration interval and guest blackout period. For more information, see the online documentation chapter titled "Limiting Freeloaders".
View client summary report.
Log into SputnikNet, then select "Client Summary" from the REPORTS menu.
Identify exceeding long sessions.
The default report includes session length data, making it easy to spot "cybersquatters". If you need to search further back in time, set the display limit higher. Copy the MAC addresses of any network abusers for future use.
Identify high-bandwidth sessions.
Click the checkbox next to "Include Bandwidth?" and then click "Execute". This enables you to spot "bandwidth hogs". If you need to search further back in time, set the display limit higher. Copy the MAC addresses of any network abusers for future use.
Edit your guest authentication system.
Select "Guests" from the Authentication menu.
Enter network abuser MAC addresses into "Blocked Devices list.
Select your guest authentication system, then choose "Blocked Devices". Here is where you can paste the MAC addresses of network abusers. They will no longer have access to your network.
Add and delete network abuser MAC addresses.
Continue to add MAC addresses until all network abusers have been blocked. You can always remove the blocks later from this page if they promise to mend their ways.