What is the internet like in St. Andrews?

Hi,

I will be studying at St. Andrews from September this year, so before I go I was wondering if there were any internet issues? When I looked at a generic university guide of what to take, it said bring an Ethernet cable as university accommodation Internet can be poor at times. Is this true for St. Andrews, or should I not bother with a cable?

Never had a problem with it.

I would bring an ethernet cable only because the connection to the wifi in some rooms especially in older halls of residence can be bad at times. It's not a problem with the internet connection itself just that the wireless routers can sometimes be placed too far away.

Hi, I know the rule says it is not allowed to use your own router.
BUT if I really use a router, will they know?
I mean how can they find out?

My router can clone my pc's mac address so it should have no problem connect to the network.
Then all my devices connecting to my router should appear as one, am I right?

They do room inspections. But why would you even want a router in the first place? Why not just connect all your devices straight to the wifi?

For my NAS, chromecast and future second desktop/media-server.

Are you sure they only find out by doing room inspections?
Is that easy?
Can network admin find out remotely?

For my NAS, chromecast and future second desktop/media-server.

Are you sure they only find out by doing room inspections?
Is that easy?
Can network admin find out remotely?