Topic: peer2peer = fear2beer

[FrozenGround]

I am new to this community, and wondering if there is any practical way of using SME to shape traffic to minimize the damage p2p apps are causing our networks.  We kind of grew up with SME over the last 5 years, and wonder know if we have outgrown it's usefullness.  We are a WISP with less than 200 subscribers.  we mux T1s for bandwidth, and recently have been experiencing maxed out sessions.  We wonder if our old faithful SME firewalls and Squid boxes can help.  Any ideas?  Has anyone got a suggestion for limiting P2P apps?

[alejandro]

There is a way, (I dont know  if it is practical enough for you )
You can use squid configuration to limit, divide balance and shape the way bandwith is used, but, you should keep your clients behind squid.
if any of them is able to bypass squid, there is no point in using it.
squid config is hard but very effective, and can add an extra benefict of cached files and sites comonnly acceses for your clients.
Use with care
you say pear2pear = fear to
but sometimes fear is fine, and what about bear? I like it!