any way to block download manager in IOS?

[ciscofan128]

Hi,

I have an (old) 1811 router acting as the Internet gateway. My users like to use download managers such as Orbit JDownloader to download large files that should not download. Is there a way to block it? The download managers often start multiple connections and seem to open/cose connections.

Thank you.

[Shelley Bhalla]

A router can use a combination of nbar and Qos to block certain type of traffic  if there are any characteristcs like specific port numbers etc. You will have to sniff (wireshark) traffic and see. There are very limited options on a router to block taffic based on any layer over layer 4 in the ip stack. I think the most probable answer is no but you can certainly try.

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Shelley

Cisco TAC.