One remote IP.  My attempts to determine the netblock owner come up with 
VPN-CONSUMER-NETWORK and AS32181 GigeNET, if I’m reading the info correctly.

 

If I block that src/dst combination at the tower router, after a short time 
another pops up to replace it.  Until that happens, all Internet in the house 
ceases to work.

 

This is one of several cases that seem to be getting more prevalent as the 
COVID thing drags on, customer has teenage or adult sons who are doing stuff 
the dad doesn’t understand but factor into his complaints to his ISP.  Usually 
the kids are gamers.  In this case, it’s not just the kids traffic, everything 
in the house also goes over this UDP tunnel, whatever it is.  The dad complains 
about things like poor YouTube video quality and taking a long time to buffer, 
or problems with his Firestick.  But I don’t see that traffic as normal HTTPS 
or even TCP, just this one UDP connection.

 

I’ve had other customer calls that lead me to believe the kids are doing things 
like using QoS on the router to deprioritize other family members, or block 
their MAC address, or changing the WiFi password, along with stuff I have no 
problem with like snaking a long Ethernet cable down the hallway from the 
router to their bedroom.  All in the name of gaming superiority.

 

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Colin Stanners
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2020 11:31 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VPN?

 

To how many different hosts is the traffic going? That'll give you an idea if 
it's VPN or something like TOR. Usually if customers are doing something weird 
and complaining about performance, we first say to stop that weird activity so 
that our benchmarks (speed / ping / MTR tests) work.

 

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 7:27 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com 
<mailto:af...@kwisp.com> > wrote:

What does it mean if 100% of a customer’s traffic is UDP between high numbered 
ports?  Does this mean they have configured a VPN service using their router?  
If so, would you still troubleshoot any weird complaints of Internet 
performance, or make them turn it off first?

 

Or does this mean something different that I’m not thinking of?

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