bandwidth problem

aquascape · June 30, 2011, 08:13:33 AM

I m new and just encounter exceed monthly bandwidth problem. My forum has only 60 members and total post 2-300s. some of the post are link to images to photobucket. why it has this problem. it is a "monthly" bandwidth so does it mean next month this will reset?
How can I solve this problem. Can I set it manually or need to contact the provider? and what is suitable amount to set the limit of bandwidth for this type of SMF forum.

Illori · June 30, 2011, 08:17:33 AM

how much bandwidth are you paying for per month?

aquascape · June 30, 2011, 09:30:45 AM

I share with my uncle server and he set 5000MB/month for me.

Illori · June 30, 2011, 09:33:47 AM

depending on your overall activity that may not be enough, are people downloading anything from your server?

LiroyvH · June 30, 2011, 09:35:50 AM

Hm, do you have statistics? Like WebAlizer or AWStats? (Can usually be found in control panel such as cPanel)
If you share it with your uncle, he may have a reseller account but his own site already exceeded the total limit set for the reseller account? Or does he has his own server?

If he really has his own server, check the logs to see why your website is generating such ammounts of traffic. For a forum with that low activity, you should have more than enough with 5GB a month.

aquascape · June 30, 2011, 12:17:39 PM

I use cpanel. and found awstat. I think it is about security???
see below
Month   Unique visitors   Number of visits   Pages   Hits   Bandwidth
Jan 2011   282   313   569   8,193   54.00 MB
Feb 2011   254   315   1,669   12,473   55.55 MB
Mar 2011   532   795   6,159   37,306   149.48 MB
Apr 2011   725   1,340   18,870   54,995   431.60 MB
May 2011   1,840   4,805   68,285   112,743   1.83 GB
Jun 2011   2,829   9,230   199,231   249,205   6.83 GB
Jul 2011   0   0   0   0   0
Aug 2011   0   0   0   0   0
Sep 2011   0   0   0   0   0
Oct 2011   0   0   0   0   0
Nov 2011   0   0   0   0   0
Dec 2011   0   0   0   0   0
Total   6,462   16,798   294,783   474,915   9.33 GB

aquascape · June 30, 2011, 12:19:23 PM

I do not have that many hits or viewer actually. it generated from something I dont know.

I dont have members or/very few member from these countries.
country page hits bandwidth
Russian Federation   ru   49,795   51,442   3.15 GB

us   United States   us   47,846   58,428   946.22 MB

de   Germany   de   29,951   33,517   694.45 MB

cz   Czech Republic   cz   23,854   24,006   978.60 MB

lorth · June 30, 2011, 02:16:28 PM

the majority of the spambots hitting my forum come from russia / eastern europe, maybe they (try to) hit you too?

LiroyvH · June 30, 2011, 05:05:26 PM

You can go in to more depth. But as it looks, indeed some bots are eating up all your bandwidth.
You can block the entire country of Russia from your forum using htaccess, that may work best for you to reduce bandwidth

aquascape · June 30, 2011, 10:07:00 PM

Quote from: CoreISP on June 30, 2011, 05:05:26 PM
You can go in to more depth. But as it looks, indeed some bots are eating up all your bandwidth.
You can block the entire country of Russia from your forum using htaccess, that may work best for you to reduce bandwidth

please explain more how can I do that? I can only access to cpanel. I cant directly access to my forum.

LiroyvH · July 01, 2011, 08:42:13 AM

Quote from: aquascape on June 30, 2011, 10:07:00 PM
Quote from: CoreISP on June 30, 2011, 05:05:26 PM
You can go in to more depth. But as it looks, indeed some bots are eating up all your bandwidth.
You can block the entire country of Russia from your forum using htaccess, that may work best for you to reduce bandwidth
please explain more how can I do that? I can only access to cpanel. I cant directly access to my forum.

If you have access to cPanel, you have access to your forum with the cPanel File Manager and FTP

Go to the file manager, click "Public root (www/public_html" and make sure "Show hidden (dot) files" is ticket.

Find your .htaccess in the list and add the contents of this text file to it:
https://www.countryipblocks.net/e_country_data/RU_deny.txt

aquascape · July 02, 2011, 08:09:41 AM

I can access my forum now. may be because it s start the new month. can I set to block the problem from forum page?

aquascape · July 02, 2011, 08:36:26 AM

Quote from: CoreISP on July 01, 2011, 08:42:13 AM
Quote from: aquascape on June 30, 2011, 10:07:00 PM
Quote from: CoreISP on June 30, 2011, 05:05:26 PM
You can go in to more depth. But as it looks, indeed some bots are eating up all your bandwidth.
You can block the entire country of Russia from your forum using htaccess, that may work best for you to reduce bandwidth
please explain more how can I do that? I can only access to cpanel. I cant directly access to my forum.

If you have access to cPanel, you have access to your forum with the cPanel File Manager and FTP
Go to the file manager, click "Public root (www/public_html" and make sure "Show hidden (dot) files" is ticket.

Find your .htaccess in the list and add the contents of this text file to it:
https://www.countryipblocks.net/e_country_data/RU_deny.txt

How can I set to show hidden files in cpanel??

Illori · July 02, 2011, 08:55:21 AM

it is an option when you open the file manager

aquascape · July 02, 2011, 09:36:07 AM

found it thanks,
where can I put the text.
my .htacess details

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^myweburl$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^myweburl$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/myweburl/board" [R=301,L]

Illori · July 02, 2011, 09:41:49 AM

put it after those lines

aquascape · July 05, 2011, 10:02:46 AM

OK thanks.
I also found this IP 188.143.232.120 which took 1.6GB in my awstats last month> If I want to add this IP to the list How can I add it? I dont know it is from which country? can I add it inside the russian list?

青山素子 · July 05, 2011, 11:16:53 AM

$ whois 188.143.232.120
% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf

% Note: this output has been filtered.
% To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '188.143.232.0 - 188.143.233.255'

inetnum: 188.143.232.0 - 188.143.233.255
netname: INFERNO-NAME-NET
descr: net for dedicated Client
country: RU
admin-c: AJ2256-RIPE
tech-c: AJ2256-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: MNT-PIN
mnt-lower: MNT-PIN
mnt-routes: MNT-PIN
source: RIPE # Filtered

person: Agnes Jouaneau
address: A Little Denmark Complex, 147 Main Street, PO Box 4473
address: Road Town, Torola, VG1110
address: British Virgin Islands
phone: +44 20 81333030
fax-no: +44 20 81333030
abuse-mailbox: [email protected]
nic-hdl: AJ2256-RIPE
mnt-by: aint-mnt
source: RIPE # Filtered

LiroyvH · July 06, 2011, 05:57:01 PM

Despite it being from another country, you can just add it under the Russian list in .htaccess. It will deny it. .htaccess doesnt care which country it is from, lol.

lorth · July 07, 2011, 08:18:43 AM

actually, it IS a russian ip.
look at the 'country' line in the posting above you-

aquascape · July 13, 2011, 05:18:04 AM

in the deny list there are

"ip address/numbers" in all the list.
if I want to add the "188.143.232.120" to the list can I add it like this
deny from 188.143.232.120 without any "/xxx" follow the IP? because I dont know what is the meaning of the number and what number I have to use in there.

青山素子 · July 13, 2011, 10:35:51 AM

The / and number are for groups of IPs. Specifically, it's a subnet mask. You don't need to provide one if it's just a single IP.

aquascape · July 18, 2011, 10:25:56 PM

I still have a message of exceeding 80% of monthly bandwidth so that means end of this month I cant browse my forum again. How can I prevent overused of the bandwidth by unknown problem???
This is the message

QuoteThe domain aaaaa.com has reached 80% of its bandwidth limit (5127.60/6000.00 Megs).

!! Do not respond to this message. Your reply will go nowhere. !!

Pls help

青山素子 · July 18, 2011, 11:15:22 PM

You'll need to determine where the bandwidth is being used before you can try to figure out how to fix it.

Your host should be able to provide more detailed statistics for where bandwidth is being used.

aquascape · July 19, 2011, 08:21:09 PM

Quote from: 青山素子 on July 18, 2011, 11:15:22 PM
You'll need to determine where the bandwidth is being used before you can try to figure out how to fix it.
Your host should be able to provide more detailed statistics for where bandwidth is being used.

I can check in awstat and already add the ip but it still happen
now I cant access my cpanel

Quote
http://www.xxxxxxxxxx.com.au/cpanel
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

aquascape · July 19, 2011, 11:05:08 PM

how can I use this method
"smf cache level 3"
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=296058.0

LiroyvH · July 20, 2011, 12:56:26 PM

You can access your cPanel by visiting /cpanel or add :2082 at the end of the URL to your website. (like http://yourdomain.com:2082/)

Adding the IP to the cPanel IP Deny Manager should fix, *however*, spammers and bots rarely stay on one single IP...

aquascape · July 21, 2011, 09:53:43 AM

Quote from: CoreISP on July 20, 2011, 12:56:26 PM
You can access your cPanel by visiting /cpanel or add :2082 at the end of the URL to your website. (like http://yourdomain.com:2082/)

Adding the IP to the cPanel IP Deny Manager should fix, *however*, spammers and bots rarely stay on one single IP...

cPanel IP Deny Manager so this one is different from htaccess???

LiroyvH · July 21, 2011, 12:56:44 PM

Hmm... No it basically works pretty much in the same way though cpanel manager makes sure it bans from the entire account.

aquascape · July 21, 2011, 01:43:17 PM

Now I cant access to my forum. I have to wait until next month. What can I do to restore the forum ASAP if I dont want to contact the host?
How can I check that the IP is the one I should block? Only the high numbers of bandwidth used??

Illori · July 21, 2011, 01:48:10 PM

you can do nothing if it is your host that has locked it down for over bandwidth, you need to talk to them to get the access back for this month.

aquascape · July 26, 2011, 07:40:23 AM

I deleted my other smf under my domain name which seems to received excessive strange traffic, and increase my bandwidth. but I found abnormal guest viewing and trying to register the forum. How to block this which I think this is the cause of bandwidth problem and the problem will happen again. see my attached pic

aquascape · July 26, 2011, 08:03:05 AM

Quote from: 青山素子 on July 13, 2011, 10:35:51 AM
The / and number are for groups of IPs. Specifically, it's a subnet mask. You don't need to provide one if it's just a single IP.

How can I add to deny all IP ranges ?
or any other setting to deny these IPs?

青山素子 · July 26, 2011, 11:38:47 AM

Quote from: aquascape on July 26, 2011, 08:03:05 AM
How can I add to deny all IP ranges ?

I don't know why you'd want to ban all IPs, but the mask notation is 0/32. The range is 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255.

Quote from: aquascape on July 26, 2011, 08:03:05 AM
or any other setting to deny these IPs?

Setting?

aquascape · July 26, 2011, 03:15:18 PM

i means only bad IPs and the smf setting or mod that protect the forum from these problems.

青山素子 · July 26, 2011, 07:21:38 PM

There is no way in core SMF to automatically ban IPs. That would lead to many problems.

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