View Full Version : Spiders eating up bandwidth
shield
10-02-2004, 08:07 PM
I may have to upgrade my hosting plan soon. Recently the sites traffic(non spiders) plus spiders are eating up bandwidth like crazy, hehe.
For example now there is spider on this site all the time, Jet Bot its name is
daboss
10-02-2004, 09:25 PM
Which is good new to you, I suppose ... :) Who knows, in a couple of years time, this site may just overtake forums like SitePoint and WMT?
Forge
10-03-2004, 12:29 AM
heh, that sucks. How much bandwidth do you think they've consumed?
shield
10-03-2004, 07:49 AM
well this Jet Bot spider is taking up quite a bit. since the forum was moved its taken up over 80mb. it just keeps eating, lol
http://www.jeteye.com/jetbot.html
id just block it, it doesnt seem like an important spider like google etc
but thats just me it coul be important it just doesnt look it
shield
10-03-2004, 10:15 AM
I wont block it, Ive got enough bandwidth to cover it so Im not that bothered :)
daboss
10-03-2004, 10:26 AM
Anyone know who the owner of the spider is?
Forge
10-03-2004, 10:30 PM
Maybe its attracted to us...
shield
10-04-2004, 03:58 AM
well for some reason its always on this site. Ive looked at other more popular forums like WMT and WMF and its not showing up once.
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