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I am trying to block all streaming services for the sake of preserving my high speed satellite Internet, but doing so would require blocking every single website (which has proved difficult enough, providing I have not been able to block any sites with any effect with the toolbox on the GUI on my router)

Effectively my goal is to find a way to prevent video formats from loading on any webpage that one might access.

It would also be nice if I could whitelist certain MAC addresses so that they would be able to load videos when necessary.

any and all solutions or suggestions are definitely welome! I might even be on track with using a different router or downloading another party software if it helps me accomplish this.

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I am using a DD-WRT router DD-WRT v24-sp2 (03/25/13) mega (SVN revision 21061)

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I know this is a lot to ask of a community that may not respond, but I've tired of looking myself and finding nothing of relevance... thanks for the help!

Writer's Block
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This should actually be pretty easy. you may have to make separate overlapping policies. a lot of streaming sites automatically redirect to https. you may have to block it on the devices you don't want accessing these sites.

Content filtering - Under Access restrictions, Create a new policy.

PC's> edit list of clients> put traffic offenders in here specific by IP or range.

Days = everyday

Time = 24 hours

Catch all P2P protocols = checked

Website Blocking by Keyword & URL = enter image description here

I personally wouldn't recommend squid proxy on a consumer router. I have tried it on three different routers, all with decent CPU power and RAM. It worked on one, but made traffic come to a crawl, the other two became regularly unstable and would require frequent reboots. I should mention when I installed it on a x86 version on an old PC, it was flawless. YMWV... I wound up going to PFsense from DD-wrt for this specific task, and never looked back. DD-WRT is great for most home users, but some of the tasks have a steep learning curve. In most cases its easier for a user to just go to a pre-built solution, rather than learning the commands for busy-box etc.

Also, you may want to check this link out. It has instructions for what Davidgo was mentioning. Configure DD-WRT to Limit Bandwidth on Devices

Tim_Stewart
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You can block mime-types using e.g. squid which I believe can be installed on dd-wrt.

Transparent proxies can be slow though.

Yorik
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