The feature is called QoS, and is available on even the cheapest router. Torrenting can cause network issues, at least on crappy infrastructure, not because of bandwidth usage, but because it opens a lot of connections and can overload a router if it doesn’t have enough RAM.
Tracking down and firing someone to cover your corporate iT incompetence is certainly a choice.
Well you also have to remember this was about 10 years ago Network infrastructure isn’t quite what it is today. Not only that but when somebody does something illegal on a corporate network that is something that legal deals with and is not a choice that is made lightly.
That’s interesting, I always figured the router/OS or whatever did a decent job balancing network resources regardless of the type of application.
The feature is called QoS, and is available on even the cheapest router. Torrenting can cause network issues, at least on crappy infrastructure, not because of bandwidth usage, but because it opens a lot of connections and can overload a router if it doesn’t have enough RAM.
Tracking down and firing someone to cover your corporate iT incompetence is certainly a choice.
Well you also have to remember this was about 10 years ago Network infrastructure isn’t quite what it is today. Not only that but when somebody does something illegal on a corporate network that is something that legal deals with and is not a choice that is made lightly.