"GreenBarnBB" wrote in message ...
> Hello all,
> I run a B & B, and I thought it would be good to offer free
> wireless internet for my clients. I got ADSL and bought a Linksys
> Wireless-G Broadband Router.
> My problem is, I don't want to get sued if one of them uses P2P over
> my network. I guess there is some legal way to do this, setting myself
> as an ISP with limited responsibility over what the clients do, but the
> fact of the matter is that "easy legal defense" is still too much
> potential legal hassle, so I thought I could look for a technical way
> to do it.
> I could encrypt it, I know how to do it, but the thing is I can
> foresee the countless hours I'll have to spend trying to configure each
> and everyone's laptop when they don't know how to enter the username
> and password...
> Is there any way I can monitor and/or block programs like Kazaa and
> Bittorrent from being used through my router? Or at least have some
> measure of identification over what computer is using them? Many of my
> clients are foreigners, in many cases I think I could guess through
> their language settings...
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> P.S.: If this is any help, my router is a US Robotics 9106
Captive portal.
http://www.publicip.net/
Cheers,
Eric