How to block iPlayer?

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keith12345678

June 23, 2013 23:04

I know a previous topic suggested [X] Television would block iPlayer, but that doesn't seem to be working now.

Any other ideas on how to block iPlayer? I'm sad that I have to do it, as it's a great BBC service, it's just using too much of my bandwidth!

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  rotblitz June 24, 2013 13:20

  As always when you want to block something, you'll have to find out what domains iPlayer tries to connect to, and you add those to the "always block" list or check the related category for blocking.

  There's nothing special as long as DNS is being used at all, because a DNS service can block domains only, not programs, web pages, images or such objects.

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  cervezafria June 24, 2013 13:43

  Fiddler (fiddler2.com) may be of help to you. Run it before you connect with iPlayer and it will help you identify the points of connection iPlayer uses. You can then adjust your filter settings to exclude iPlayer. Alternately, if your router permits keyword filtering, it may be simpler to blacklist "iplayer".

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  keith12345678 June 24, 2013 20:01

  Re "if your router permits keyword filtering, it may be simpler to blacklist "iplayer"."

  Ah thanks, that makes sense, that's what I've done. So the main BBC site is still available, but not iPlayer until I can afford unlimited internet access! :-)

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  cervezafria June 24, 2013 22:19

  You welcome. Good to hear that worked for you.

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