sschell Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Is there any way I could block specific TCP/UDP ports without reconfiguring the main router? My younger brother's XBOX Live games disturbing my sleep are getting a little old. While this would be easy enough to do at the router level, my brother is smart enough (I assume) to troubleshoot via cycling the router's power, resetting any changes I might make. I suppose this could be viewed as a passive aggressive way of resolving the problem, but I think all of the interested parties would prefer it to the more destructive solutions I have in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I'm surprised that there isn't a way to make the changes permanent in this "router" that you speak of. Short of figuring out how to do that, you're choices are pretty limited, to perhaps inserting another firewall somewhere in the chain, or using another computer to DoS his XBOX If it's the audio that's bothering you, well, this is a headphone forum after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 yeah just get him a cheap pair of headphones to use. otherwise why not just change the password on the router so he can't go in and undo any blocking you turn on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Most routers I have seen will not clear that sort of data on a simple power cycle, rather requiring a hard reset to do so. Of course, this is a headphone forum, so I feel obliged to suggest a shovel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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manaox2 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Script kiddie FTL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschell Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I guess I should have been more specific. It's not the video game noises, but the sound created when he yells into the microphone of his headset that disturbs me. In desperation earlier this morning, I did access the router's configuration utility. Much to my surprise, there was a preset "rule" for blocking the ports Live uses. So for now, I plan on enabling it when I'm trying to sleep. If that doesn't last, perhaps I'll resort to some of the other suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Technical solutions aren't the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Passive aggressive? Aggressive aggressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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