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I don't know why people haven't suggested a SSH tunnel to PWF yet. That's probably the easiest thing to do to get what you want.

1. Download PuTTY here
2. When you run it, put in "linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk" as host.
3. Go to Connection >> SSH >> Tunnels on the left. Put in a number (51080 will work) as port and choose Dynamic. Press add.
4. Press open to connect.
5. Login using your pwf username and password.
6. Set your favourite browser to use proxy protocol SOCKS5 and host "localhost", with port 51080. Everything you browse in that browser will go through the PWF network.

Aww that's so cute


My parents freak out when I jokingly refer to my boyfriend as "my other half" so if my mum saw "Married" on facebook, she would probably pass out.
and oh dear about your cousin - talk about bad timing!

But that's so cute about yourself and your boyfriend

My boyfriend and myself will be trying long distance.
He'll be at Durham in October... ASD[AHSFLQGHFLJB. Oh my, I dont know if I should... GAH.

OK, I'm having trouble with step 6; I can't make it work for either FF or Chrome...

For FF 2.x see here: http://uniqueinternetservices.com/configure-proxy-for-firefox.html
Start from step 3. Choose Manual proxy configuration, write "localhost" for SOCKS proxy and 51080 (same port as you put in PuTTY) for the port. Choose SOCKS v5. If you are using FF 3 and above, it's in Advanced >> Network >> Configure how firefox connect to the internet in options.

For chrome you need to right click the shortcut to it on your desktop or start menu, press properties and in target append ( --proxy-server="socks5://localhost:51080") to the end, wthout brackets but with space before -- and with quotes. You might want to make another copy of the shortcut which has this so you can always use the original when you don't want to connect through PWF.

Well, it seems to work in that I only have to go through one layer of Raven to get to CamSIS (a usual indicator) although Speedtest.net says my ISP is 'The JNT Association' which was throwing me somewhat!

Yes that should be correct. JNT Association is JANET, the inter-university network Cambridge is on. You can also try www.whatismyip.com with and then without connecting through PWF. It works if the website reports you having different IP addresses.

It's definitely worked, I've just tried a couple of reference/journal sites. Thank you, you are a god amongst men. Also Putty brings back very weird memories because we used to use it at work - inputting telephone orders for mail order plants.

You're welcome This method is used by quite a few students actually to get around their college bandwidth limits and watch videos, as the PWF has no set limit. The rumour is that the computing service doesn't care as long as you aren't downloading gigabytes of unsavoury material.

If anyone calls me up on it, I didn't hear it from you

I'd love to go to Helsinki...

How does the LDR have any bearing on the price of holidays?

Free accommodation, presumably. (Although I had the same moment of confusion!)

You're welcome This method is used by quite a few students actually to get around their college bandwidth limits and watch videos, as the PWF has no set limit. The rumour is that the computing service doesn't care as long as you aren't downloading gigabytes of unsavoury material.

It doesn't work at Pembroke, where internal bandwidth also counts.