Problem connecting to server via RDP with Mweb ADSL

[ajan]

I hear you! Spit in the ocean, right! To be quite honest, all this p2p, vpn "all traffic on http" talk etc is dutch to me.
However if I understand correct, p2p is a shared network. So are you saying that my internet isn't just mine, but shared amongst other adsl clients?

Local / international VPN ... we are still talking about adsl here? In fact all of these terminologies?

Your understanding is correct. As for the second part, p2p isn't directly related to adsl - adsl is just your physical internet connection medium. p2p is a traffic protocol used for applications such as torrenting.

VPN is just a dedicated server that will reroute and encrypt all your internet traffic. These servers use http port protocols, which gives you 24/7 max speeds as mweb doesn't shape this traffic. But for p2p and other bandwidth traffic, mweb shapes it to 0KB/s from 6am-12am. Hence moving away from mweb is actually a better idea, as some ISPs such as vox leaves most traffic untouched.

 

[reflex84]

@The_Librarian ... frightening sh*t!! I am going to backup justnow (*thinks of carte blanch a few months ago*)! So, tell me. If I don't use RDP at all, is it still vulnerable? Or is it a must-manual-disable? Teamviewer? Isn't this RDP just with another name but same function thus making it just as vulnerable?

@ajan

p2p is a traffic protocol used for applications such as torrenting.

Okay thanks, however I'm not quite sure why we're talking about p2p (torrents)? I don't ever use that cr@p = virus habitat! So if it's not p2p (sorry I still don't know how p2p and my internet connection are related), then basically they are shaping my "internet connection medium" then?

mweb shapes it to 0KB/s from 6am-12am

Thanks for that info - I'm glad to learn more about this! Unbelievable!

What I don't get is... HowTF does mweb know I am RDP'ing? Isn't it just using normal internet to 'stream' images of my server's desktop (like streaming youtube)? If not, then wouldn't I then have the same problem with teamviewer as a alternative rdp?

In-case this changes things - I'm renting a dedicated server with Hetzner. Not a VPN?