Network Games

[vchoudhary]

I have a problem stoping some users from playing Multiuser Network Games in my Local LAN, Games like Counter Strike etc.

I have reserched on it but I am not sure how what configuration I need to do to stop this Multiusers Network Games in the LAN...If anyone of you can help me on this..That would be great Help

Thanks in Advance.

Vishal

[Istvan_Rabai]

Hi Vishal,

I'm not an expert in these games but I'm sure they use some kind of transport protocol, maybe a specific port number etc.

If you find out what potocol/port number they use we may help you write the access-lists to filter out the game-specific traffic (and only that traffic) on the network.

Cheers:

Istvan

[vchoudhary]

Thanks Istvan, I will try to find out the protocol and port used by these games.

Thanks

Vishal

[Leo Laohoo]

You can deny the application running via Active Directory. Some anti-virus suite can be configured to stop these applications from running (like McAfee and ZoneAlarm).

[Joseph W. Doherty]

Multi user with other hosts on Internet or just other hosts on LAN or both?

For Internet, depending on you FW, it may have options to filter out and/or block "known" game sites and/or game traffic.

For internal, if "user" subnets only have user hosts, you might block all traffic between them except what is known to be needed.