Hello,
I have a weird situation.
My laptop is used with a variety of internet connections: via LAN, 100 Mbps; via Wifi, 54 Mbps and via GPRS 48 Kbps).
Just recently, it started downloading the latest FireFox-update 1.5.0.5 over my GPRS connection, which has resulted in 2.5 MB in a relatively short time. My subscription however only provides for an included 10 MB, so such downloads are costly.
Is there a way of limiting what various applications do, based on the type of connection?
The problem is: I can't just block out internet access for FireFox or ThunderBird, for obvious reasons (Netlimiter is installed on the PC ).
I have already changed these applications from "automatic download" to "ask me", but are there other suggestions/ideas?
Jörg
I have a weird situation.
My laptop is used with a variety of internet connections: via LAN, 100 Mbps; via Wifi, 54 Mbps and via GPRS 48 Kbps).
Just recently, it started downloading the latest FireFox-update 1.5.0.5 over my GPRS connection, which has resulted in 2.5 MB in a relatively short time. My subscription however only provides for an included 10 MB, so such downloads are costly.
Is there a way of limiting what various applications do, based on the type of connection?
The problem is: I can't just block out internet access for FireFox or ThunderBird, for obvious reasons (Netlimiter is installed on the PC ).
I have already changed these applications from "automatic download" to "ask me", but are there other suggestions/ideas?
Jörg
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