Youtube slow downs fix

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mbourd25
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Youtube slow downs fix

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Hi, I've been reading around the web concerning Youtube being slowed down by ISPs or that Youtube cache servers are just slow.

If I would like to block certain IP adresses at the router level, how would I go about to implement this?

I have a Netgear WNDR3700v1 with Gargoyle version 1.59.

Here are the some web sites discussing this.

http://mitchribar.com/
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r280640 ... pass-trick
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r281040 ... utube+slow

Thanks.

mates
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Re: Youtube slow downs fix

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it would be nice to have some web gui for blocking IP adres / adress range

anyway thank you for sharing this because i have similar problem on my TV. I have 50/25 internet but youtube on TV is playing 5 second video after that 1-5 second is buffering and again playing, buffering ...

mbourd25
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Re: Youtube slow downs fix

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Does anyone know we can apply these rules to the Gargoyle Firmware?

iptables -A INPUT -s 173.194.55.0/24 -j REJECT
iptables -A INPUT -s 206.111.0.0/16 -j REJECT

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powerlogy
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mbourd25 wrote:Does anyone know we can apply these rules to the Gargoyle Firmware?

iptables -A INPUT -s 173.194.55.0/24 -j REJECT
iptables -A INPUT -s 206.111.0.0/16 -j REJECT

Thanks.
Just add them into /etc/firewall.user file then /etc/init.d/firewall reload

mbourd25
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Re: Youtube slow downs fix

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Hi powerlogy, sorry for my ignorance, but do I go through the ssh connecting to the router to enter those commands in the file /etc/firewall.user or just enter the ip addresses, or just go through the GUI and enter the ip addresses in a the firewall?

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mates
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Re: Youtube slow downs fix

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could anybody help us how to set firewall?

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powerlogy
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Re: Youtube slow downs fix

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If you are using Windows, you can use WinSCP to editing files easily on router.

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