I know this has been posted several times but I am just looking for a simple way to block all P2P file sharing traffic whether its a bit torrent or if its a program such as lime wire. Thanks for any suggestions..
Simple start is to just add a filter entry in dropping all recognised p2p traffic.
/ip firewall filter
add p2p=all-p2p action=drop chain=forward
I am still able to download files through bit torrents with this option on. Any other thoughts?
You are probably downloading with encrypted torrents. With that it is much more difficult. Your best approach is to block everything and then only allow the traffic you want through your network.
Thanks
Alphahawk
Try L7 filter. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Firewall/L7
You asked for a simple option.
Blocking encrypted torrents is not in any way a simple option 