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According to this article, http://thetechblock.com/how-to-stop-isps-slow-youtube/, I can make Youtube videos stream faster on Linux, but I am not entirely sure how to carry out similar commands on the ubuntu terminal. If anyone could enlighten me on iptables commands, please do so and thank you.

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  • The article mentions what to do on Linux. May 26, 2013 at 3:20
  • I do not know how to use iptables, and when looking the documentation for both iptables and ipfw, I get confused with which command corresponds with which. Can you please explain to me what iptables commands correspond to the ipfw commands shown on the article?
    – Flair
    May 26, 2013 at 3:41

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The commands would be

sudo iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dest 173.194.55.0/24 -j DROP
sudo iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dest 206.111.0.0/16 -j DROP

Use at your own risk as it might stop other Youtube functions as they are Google infrastructure servers.

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  • How would I get rid of those rules if they actually bring me trouble? Note: I would vote you up if I had a higher reputation. Nonetheless, thank you!
    – Flair
    May 27, 2013 at 4:56
  • Look at stackoverflow.com/questions/10197405/…
    – Meer Borg
    May 27, 2013 at 8:54
  • Again, thank you. I really wish I could upvote you.
    – Flair
    May 28, 2013 at 18:46
  • @Flair And thank you as well as I learnt something, my youtube performance has increased as well!
    – Meer Borg
    May 28, 2013 at 18:48
  • Finally, I can vote you up.
    – Flair
    Jun 14, 2013 at 22:14
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This has also been suggested:

sudo iptables -A INPUT -s 173.194.55.0/24 -j REJECT

sudo iptables -A INPUT -s 206.111.0.0/16 -j REJECT

to undo these commands, use ACCEPT instead of REJECT.

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