linux4eva Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 So I'm at college here and pretty much everything is blocked. I can get online and view websites, but that's about it. Bittorrent, online games, and pretty much everything that's fun is blocked. I know for a fact that they use a combination of a firewall and a PacketShaper. After pleading with them to open up and even writing letters to the college paper, nothing has helped and it's actually getting worse. There are some ports open like MSN/AIM etc. work, IRC works, but SSH doesn't. Is there anyway to get around this issue? I thought about running a proxy outside the campus network but that just gets annoying. All I want to do is d/l some of your guys episodes. It sucks. Plus we get like 40 to 50 Kbps down and that's on a good day. The connection is extremely poor. Anyone have any suggestions besides me paying for an alternative ISP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 The reason bit torrent/p2p is blocked is because: a: You collage will have to pay a massive overuse charge for the extra bandwidth (happend to my uni, twice), b: They'll get sued by some asshat who thinks the collage is allowing piracy (lets face it, 99% of people with BT are not using it for legitimate stuff), c: It clogs up the network for legimate uses d: The network is provided as a study aid, not a free-for-all, e: The network topology would mean problems when people don't setup there clients properly. f: its a god damn school If you want to download stuff via p2p, get your own connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux4eva Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Yeah, you're probably right. Bittorrent is just really handy for downloading stuff that's really big. Don't ask how long it takes me to get the latest Linux .ISO..... *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 a: You collage will have to pay a massive overuse charge for the extra bandwidth (happend to my uni, twice),-snip- c: It clogs up the network for legimate uses d: The network is provided as a study aid, not a free-for-all, -snip- f: its a god damn school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesown Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 If you REALLY want to get past this, tunnel an SSH connection to a dedicated server. This will cost you $50-$100/month, but if you need it, it's your only option. You could also run something like torrentflux on the server to manage the torrents for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 or you could pay like $30 a month for your own connection like cable or DSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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