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Charles - Yeah AES :) And well I know it's still broadcasting, but 99% of people wouldn't look any deeper than the windows wireless configuration tool. VaKo - Yeah it's just a normal 5 port gigabit switch. TP-Link one, so definitely unmanaged haha.

VaKo - Doesn't every networked device have a mac address though? Ah right didn't know I could do that with the VM's. That's handy then. I already asked about wireless access points, they said they're fine with it but obviously recommended that I keep it secure. I'll just give it WPA2PSK encryption and hide the SSID so unless anyones hunting out wireless networks they shouldn't find me. VaKo+Charles - Yeah I'm not sure what way/how they're enforcing the rules, but when I move in if the representatives from the company who are there to help you get started, sign up etc. seem to know stuff I'll try strike up a conversation with them and find out what they know. Maybe I'll get lucky and get onto a conversation about network security :P haha. I'm not in a massive rush, 5 MAC addresses will certainly do me to start with, so I'll have time to ponder my options and test them out. (as well as maybe testing out other wifi related tomfoolery that I've seen on Hak5, you know, people dying to use wifi on their laptops instead of being on their desk :P)

Ah fantastic. So doing it via ICS would bypass the mac address authentication problem? Right so.... Wall connection --> C2D Rig Port 01 C2D Rig Port 02 --> Gigabit Switch 01 Gigabit Switch Port 02 --> Ci7 Rig Port 01 Ci7 Rig --> VM01 Ci7 Rig --> VM02 Ci7 Rig --> VM03 Gigabit Switch Port 02 --> Wireless Access Point Wireless Access Point --> iPhone Wireless Access Point --> Laptop Wireless Access Point --> Laptop So thats 10 systems for the price of one? If it works I'll probably try grab an older computer and make it as silent as possible to use for ICS the girlfriend loves that my pc is fast, not so much that it has 10 fans in it =/ haha. If it was up to me i'd leave it all running 24/7 considering I've not to pay for electricity! I'll need to look more into how thats done nearer the time, but from the information you've gave me so far it seems like it should work :D If I have any problems I'll no doubt be back for some emergency help haha. But thanks so much for taking the time to help me, it's much appreciated!

No no I was stating the situation at my house, we can use our own router at home :) At the halls, its just a standard ethernet port in the wall, where it goes from there I don't know. No NAT is allowed. No DHCP is allowed. ICS i've not heard of this,, whats that?

Mr-Protocol - Yeah SKY can do that with me too, they can tell I don't have their router connected and won't give any support when we phone, so I'm guessing that with a straight ethernet connection to their equipment the folk at uni will be able to have just as much if not more information. Like i said above, I can get my hands on another computer if needed to run as a router to load with whatever software needed or I can buy whatever router I need to load the custom firmware/software/os. I can acquire a computer for either nothing, or super cheap or I can spend £40-50 on a router, even better if its 802.11n wireless. Dual band isn't needed since I have no dual band devices and everything else I want hardwired.

Vako - NAT is not allowed. I don't they'd be too chuffed about me circumventing their measures either, but hey, i offered to pay. Trax - Yeah they did say they'd have a disc with configuration stuff on it, not sure if its a program or just instructions. In terms of load, oh it'll be used alright haha ;) They don't have any limits or restrictions, rapidshare, bittorrent both work, and according to the guy one the phone "people download terrabytes a month and our systems are fine, as long as you don't do anything malicious to damage or slow the network on purpose" So since NAT is disallowed is using a router still an option? Any other suggestions. No way to pipe everything through one system? I could get an old system to set up as a router if i needed any more customization/options. Thanks.

Yeah, I might send an e-mail again. The folk who are doing the net are gonna be there on move in day so i'll see if I get any better results in person. AFAIK it works with just a standard ethernet port in the wall and you have to go set up when you get there with a configuration disk (dunno if that just loads an ip address or something though) that lets you authorize the MAC address. They said it's easy to change and you can deauth/reauth stuff whenever you want but if I'm honest, I can't be arsed doing that >_< Any way to find out what kind of network details they have?

Right, I'm going to university in like 2-3 weeks (move in the 11-13th September) and the company the provides the internet is a private firm, not the university. For free, you get 4Mbit, one MAC address authentication. For £80+10 you get 25Mbit, and 4 extra MAC addresses, so 5 in total. However, I have more than 5 devices. Gigabit switch, wifi access point, main rig, second rig, laptop, iPhone, 360, WDLive plus any virtual machines I'm running. They told me on the phone I wasn't allowed to have a router running with DHCP on since it'd interfere with their system for whatever reason. So, without knowing any more details on how their system works just now, can anyone advise a way around this 5 limit (and yes I asked first about paying £10 more for 9 in total but they can only do one, so their own fault, I would have happily paid) Thanks guys, hope you can help, sorry for making my first post here a question :(