University of Kent

Canterbury

Internet access at Kent?

My question is regarding the internet access restrictions. I read that we are forbidden to use torrent download programs, we can't play online games and we can't even use download managers(I personally use a download manager for every file i get off the net). Is this really restricted, or is this just a way of scaring ppl from using torrents? Does anyone actually monitor the internet connections? Any comments would be great, mostly from ppl already going to Kent, who have already "been there, done that" :wink:

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Reply 1

justinkoo

well they are suppose to open the ports for online gaming this september its somewhere on the kent website

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Reply 2

Em_maK

I wonder if they do actually monitor it or there is a way to get around it...er, not sure. But I hope downloading is somehow allowed.

Reply 3

ying28

speaking of internet connection...the houses/flats we live in ..do we have wireless internet connections?? *hopeful smile*

Reply 4

Exopaladin

For starters, torrents/other peer to peer wouldn't work well as the inbound ports are blocked. Secondly, I'm fairly sure they do actively check (it's not hard). One option (the one I'm going for) is to get a remote box for torrenting (google for seedbox) and then transfer the completed files over using SSH/SSL so that it's encrypted. The one method for downloading stuff aside from this that 'should' work is Rapidshare and such sites, as they probably don't block these sites.

With regards to the wireless connections, they only mention wireless for Beverley Farmhouse and seem to mention using a network cable (which it seems to imply is supplied) to connect. http://www.kent.ac.uk/is/computing/sbs/connection.html

Edit: Part of the helpdesk thing says that wireless networking isn't permitted in study bedrooms, so you wouldn't just be able to use a wireless access point/router to get wireless either.

Reply 5

Em_maK

Damn thats annoying...I've been wireless for ages now, and with a laptop its so much easier than stupid wires.

Reply 6

King4eva

my sis goes to kent and she uses frostwire

Reply 7

Cowberg

I've had no problems downloading torrents, nobody has sent me a warning and it's been as fast as I've needed. However, I did do the majority of mah downloading after about six and usually turned it off when I woke up (so three in the afternoon, usually), so as to not be using the tubes when most other people were.

Cables cables cables. There's a cable connection in every room, but wireless internet is available in some of the bars, the study areas, the library and perhaps some of the lecture rooms and classrooms.

One problem of the Internet, though, is YouTube. It takes an age for it to load videos, although a workaround is to use the "Watch in High Quality" option, which speeds down the interbutts.

Reply 8

jermaindefoe

everyone should just chip in for a rapidshare account, everything thats torrent is typically on warez-bb.org and you get such fast downloads, at canterbury college last year i was downloading bluray quality (720p not 1080 as that wouldnt work on my laptop) in an hour, although it was tedious as it was broken in to 43 pieces :eek:

but a dvd would take you (on the university network) about 5 mins or less lol!!!

Reply 9

Kalby

My friend had a wireless router in his Tyler B room last year, for his Wii and his laptop. Never got in trouble for it at all. I'm going to take one anyway, and use it until i'm told otherwise!

Reply 10

justinkoo

Kalby

My friend had a wireless router in his Tyler B room last year, for his Wii and his laptop. Never got in trouble for it at all. I'm going to take one anyway, and use it until i'm told otherwise!

was your friend able to play his wii online?? because i'm bringing my xbxo360 wwith me so i hope xbox live works

Reply 11

Kalby

justinkoo

was your friend able to play his wii online?? because i'm bringing my xbxo360 wwith me so i hope xbox live works

Yes mate he could, i'm bringing my 360 too. Gonna be many hours of drunken Rock Band :smile:

Reply 12

justinkoo

Kalby

Yes mate he could, i'm bringing my 360 too. Gonna be many hours of drunken Rock Band :smile:

oh sweet you have rock band its awesome!!!! me and my bro rock out all the time too bad i can't bring it with me too much stuff to bring. so what kinda games you play?

Reply 13

tkhaz44

Hi guys , im taking a 360 too , although there were a lot of restrictions on the internet last year, in september they are 'relaxing it' , you never know xbox live might work. Im starting in september aswel btw doing computer science ( i think a couple of u are doing the same course ?) anyway , looking forward to meetin ya in a few weeks

Reply 14

Kalby

Yeah im on the computer science course :smile:

are you doing the year in industry as well?

Reply 15

tkhaz44

currently no year in industry but i might get that changed at some point , see how i feel once ive started the course

Reply 16

Kalby

I was originally down just to do the 3 years normal course, about halfway through my open day, with all the things they were telling us about it. It seemed like there was no benefit to not doing it! Hopefully you'll change to doing it buddy, and you get to prolong the uni experience by another year :smile:

Reply 17

tkhaz44

yeh thats true and they do have good connections with decent companies, and the extra money would come in handy from a salary... , i am possibly too lazy to work atm lol but i can definately see the benefits

Reply 18

markstuart44

Do they provide wires or do you have to bring them? Will it be an ethernet lead? :confused:

Hmm... It seems I've been wireless so long I've forgotten the little I knew about wired connections. I'll have to get me a regular non-wireless network card as well.

Reply 19

Exopaladin

markstuart44

Do they provide wires or do you have to bring them? Will it be an ethernet lead? :confused:

Hmm... It seems I've been wireless so long I've forgotten the little I knew about wired connections. I'll have to get me a regular non-wireless network card as well.