I have a residential ISP, and streaming from YouTube is barely usable.
I have seen reports online that blocking 173.194.55.0/24
(part of 173.194.0.0/16
, AS15169
, NetName: GOOGLE
) and 206.111.0.0/16
(CIDR: 206.111.0.0/16
, NetName: XOXO-BLK-1
) would fix the issue:
iptables -I INPUT -s 173.194.55.0/24 -j DROP iptables -I INPUT -s 206.111.0.0/16 -j DROP
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Why-Is-Everyone-Having-YouTube-Streaming-Issues-123282
Does this sound like a good plan? Won't the internet stop working if people start blocking /16 here and there like that?
Best Answer
Please use Nelimiter. This will help you which TCP connection is choking your bandwidth and you can specifically block that particular transaction. Many at time previous videos or other youtube page elements keep streaming data.