ucd blocked

jamesyboy · 30-09-2008 8:46pm #1

hey can anyone else use rapidshare on the ucd network? its not working for me,everytime i go to download it says that the session has expired.
also it seems that my divx player when wanting to watch movies on the internet is not working and there's nothing wrong with my divx player. have ucd blocked this too?

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 30-09-2008 10:08pm

Jazus they'll be blocking torrents next.....oh wait

neilk32 · 30-09-2008 10:56pm

ah they've always been blocked, but i don't see what the problem is with some applications that cannot be used like skype webcam etc. when your paying 4,000 or 5,000 a year ya think you would be able to do some of these things :rolleyes:

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 30-09-2008 10:58pm

You're paying for an education, not an internet connection.

neilk32 · 30-09-2008 11:20pm

i'm paying for on campus accomodation, which includes a broadband connection

Raphael · 30-09-2008 11:27pm

neilk32 wrote: »

ah they've always been blocked, but i don't see what the problem is with some applications that cannot be used like skype webcam etc. when your paying 4,000 or 5,000 a year ya think you would be able to do some of these things :rolleyes:

Well the webcam conversation I'm currently having over skype would imply that it does actually work...

DrunkMerlin · 30-09-2008 11:50pm

If you keep trying to connect to file sharing networks on the ucd network they ban your computer. That's why you have to register your mac address with daedelus.

There are still a few places around campus that have unrestricted access but they're usually closely guarded secrets or just in places undergrads don't have access to so it's probably not worth lookin'.

If you're pissed off about a slow connection just change the proxy you use. Netsoc explain all this stuff, or well they used to anyway.

fatal · 01-10-2008 12:35am

I regularly use rapidshare on campus and ive never had a problem with it working for me

neilk32 · 01-10-2008 12:39am

howd you get that working? mine doesn't work with msn and its says in the guide doesnt work with skype so i presumed, dont suppose you would know how to get steam working? lol

Raphael · 01-10-2008 12:44am

Just go to Tools -> Options -> Connections -> Auto-detect proxy, and it works. I've never gotten steam working, but I can;t say I;ve tried very hard.

neilk32 · 01-10-2008 12:45am

cool i've read ways to get around it but im not a hardcore pc gamer ha

fatal · 01-10-2008 1:08am

all i do is change the proxy for my download manager to the ucd proxy

DaveyGem · 01-10-2008 7:49pm

Just use google to download yisser shiznit its far quicker then share sites and no virusses,

They haven' blocked it yet, and im not entirely sure they would be able to.

Red Alert · 02-10-2008 9:21am

Rapidshare uses HTTP as it's totally web-based. However, the free one can be very slow.

Donald-Duck · 02-10-2008 1:38pm

DrunkMerlin wrote: »

If you keep trying to connect to file sharing networks on the ucd network they ban your computer. That's why you have to register your mac address with daedelus.
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No you don't, I haven;t registered mine in the 3 years and have no intention of doing so.

Asav · 02-10-2008 5:25pm

Give www.your-freedom.net a try, although I will warn you that if they bother to check why someone is running an annonymous web proxy aswell as a socks proxy, which is unlikely unless someone goes to alot of work to bother, most likely they wont be able to restrict much of anything to you, unless they just go outright and block your connection completely.

patchmck · 12-11-2009 6:21pm

I just bought a new mac and am terrified of registering it with the it crowd in ucd (what if they ban the **** out of me for downloading a load of music?). It runs grand anyway but can be a bit spotty. Also the more you download in one day they slower the next one gets.

Been considering a rapidshare account but what if they just slow me down every time?? Seems like there isn't much point.

WeeBushy · 12-11-2009 7:25pm

Retro...

mehmeh12 · 12-11-2009 9:42pm

Mac addresses can be easily spoofed. This offers little security.

I think its about time that UCD put WPA encryption or some proxy filtering on the wireless. Im disgusted that people who live nearby the belfield campus get free access to a university connection only to piggyback the service to download torrents, porn and other ****. I like other people have to pay out of my own pocket for internet and its know where near as a fast as the UCD connection.

Red Alert · 12-11-2009 11:20pm

UCD does not require any MAC-address registration to use the WaveLAN network. In actual fact they've a pretty open network.

gubbie · 12-11-2009 11:49pm

Red Alert wrote: »

UCD does not require any MAC-address registration to use the WaveLAN network. In actual fact they've a pretty open network.

I wish all uni's were as open as theirs

seraphimvc · 13-11-2009 12:13pm

patchmck wrote: »

I just bought a new mac and am terrified of registering it with the it crowd in ucd (what if they ban the **** out of me for downloading a load of music?). It runs grand anyway but can be a bit spotty. Also the more you download in one day they slower the next one gets.

Been considering a rapidshare account but what if they just slow me down every time?? Seems like there isn't much point.

dude....you are not supposed to abuse the campus network like that anyway....

and goodjob of digging out a 1 yr old thread for your insecureness:pac:

p/s:no,they may register your MAC (media access control) address,but they will never register your Apple's mac laptop in their database

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