You would be suprised - with a population of around 70 million, Iran is one of the biggest markets in the Middle East. Having lived in Iran for one year, I can tell you that the shops are full of everything from Western Digital drives to Intel chips. The embargo only causes problems with the very high end of the market.
You can only half do it.
QoS means prioritising packets - sending important packets before less important packets. So, you can prioritise VoIP, outbound. You can't do it inbound - only the router at the other end of the link can do that - and since that belongs to your ISP, you can only do it in one direction, unless your ISP offers it (unlikely on a non-business type product).
You've also talked about bandwidth reservation - same deal applies.
Since a voice call goes in both ways, I think you can get the idea.
Good luck!
Block web traffic..? I am quite ok with how to block ports etc., but there is no "pervert" port to block, so that doesn't really work.. It's more content filtering that's needed. i have no idea how to do that without intruding on their space.
When they chat, they add their own friends of course. How do I stop them talking to perverts? I don't want to get to the stage where I vet everybody they add. I don't think thers is an easy answer?
Something that filtered a chat session for key words, and then blocked the user perhaps?
I posted this just to get an idea of what other parents are doing.. I have no idea.
I am a parent with teenage kids. They love the 'net. They especially love instant messaging and are fiercly protective of their privacy on their email chatting. They don't want a parent watching their conversations.
It's all very well to say the parents should be responsible, but how? How can I protect them, aside from banning net use altogether?
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You would be suprised - with a population of around 70 million, Iran is one of the biggest markets in the Middle East. Having lived in Iran for one year, I can tell you that the shops are full of everything from Western Digital drives to Intel chips. The embargo only causes problems with the very high end of the market.
You can only half do it. QoS means prioritising packets - sending important packets before less important packets. So, you can prioritise VoIP, outbound. You can't do it inbound - only the router at the other end of the link can do that - and since that belongs to your ISP, you can only do it in one direction, unless your ISP offers it (unlikely on a non-business type product). You've also talked about bandwidth reservation - same deal applies. Since a voice call goes in both ways, I think you can get the idea. Good luck!
Block web traffic..? I am quite ok with how to block ports etc., but there is no "pervert" port to block, so that doesn't really work.. It's more content filtering that's needed. i have no idea how to do that without intruding on their space. When they chat, they add their own friends of course. How do I stop them talking to perverts? I don't want to get to the stage where I vet everybody they add. I don't think thers is an easy answer? Something that filtered a chat session for key words, and then blocked the user perhaps? I posted this just to get an idea of what other parents are doing.. I have no idea.
I am a parent with teenage kids. They love the 'net. They especially love instant messaging and are fiercly protective of their privacy on their email chatting. They don't want a parent watching their conversations.
It's all very well to say the parents should be responsible, but how? How can I protect them, aside from banning net use altogether?