Internet speed in UCD?

IrishWelshCelt

Just wondering

Also theres no sites blocked on the internet like facebook, pirate bay etc, is there?

Thanks in Advance.

stop

Well, I can think of one site that ucd is blocked from accessing..

Don't think anything in particular is restricted. Ports on wavelan will be closed meaning torrents won't work.

Don't hog a computer room pc with Facebook during busy hours, some people have actual work to do.

UCD pr0n cyber police will backtrace you if you look at naughty pictures.

smk89

I got 13mb up and 10mb down using eduroam network today. Nice!!
Facebook works ok (if you use it in the library during exam week I will insert words into your paper when you go to the toilet)and so does piratebay, but the port for utorrent is blocked.

IrishWelshCelt

Whats the speeds like on campus or is there even wlan on campus?

Wlan is slow enough. I haven't actually tested the speed but it feels like 1Mb - 3Mb.

You can get ethernet connections in the library and some other places on campus which are very quick. You've to set up the ethernet with UCD IT Services before they'll allow you on, and they'll require you to use a certain AV, so Linux is out of the question if you're going to plug in.

There's also eduroam wlan in the computer science building. You need the password (I think they give it to CS students) and it's apparently quite decent, as one of the posters already said.

Jimmy Magee

stop wrote: »

UCD pr0n cyber police will backtrace you if you look at naughty pictures.

Nought wrong with a bit of flesh now is there?

Hoku

Deleted User wrote: »

You can get ethernet connections in the library and some other places on campus which are very quick. You've to set up the ethernet with UCD IT Services before they'll allow you on, and they'll require you to use a certain AV, so Linux is out of the question if you're going to plug in.

That has not been the case in my experience. They require Windows users to have an AV installed and encourage to use Sophos. However, I successfully registered my MacBook using the Ethernet Access application form. The first time you connect a new device via Ethernet, a UCD page requesting the device's MAC address will come up and then you just have to wait for an IT Admin to approve it - takes about a day or two.
I'd say it's no different for Linux.

Regarding Eduroam - over the summer they expanded the network to most parts of the campus. Instructions on how to connect are available at the link above.
The username and password are your Student number and Connect password.

Raphael

Hoku wrote: »

That has not been the case in my experience. They require Windows users to have an AV installed and encourage to use Sophos. However, I successfully registered my MacBook using the Ethernet Access application form. The first time you connect a new device via Ethernet, a UCD page requesting the device's MAC address will come up and then you just have to wait for an IT Admin to approve it - takes about a day or two.
I'd say it's no different for Linux.

Regarding Eduroam - over the summer they expanded the network to most parts of the campus. Instructions on how to connect are available at the link above.
The username and password are your Student number and Connect password.

You'd be right

Cheers for that. That's great news.

longhalloween

no torrents on ucd internet. And steam and psn are disabled too last time i checked

BlandKitten

longhalloween wrote: »

no torrents on ucd internet. And steam and psn are disabled too last time i checked

Torrents and Steam are allowed on eduroam (not sure about PSN, never tried). Thing is, if you torrent then you're at risk of having your MAC address blocked. Hasn't happened to anyone I know so far, but still something to be wary of.

Fad

BlandKitten wrote: »

Torrents and Steam are allowed on eduroam (not sure about PSN, never tried). Thing is, if you torrent then you're at risk of having your MAC address blocked. Hasn't happened to anyone I know so far, but still something to be wary of.

It happened to one guy in my year and he constantly tried to use it as an excuse in labs "herp derp cant do the labs without the notes/whatever"

Hoku

Torrents are most often used for distributing pirated content, so it's understandable why one might get kicked off the network for torrenting. I got booted once... Except the content was perfectly legitimate - I wanted to try ChromeOS, and the torrent gave much better speed than the HTTP mirror. Managed to regain access in a day or two.

Steam works without issues on Eduroam, so I see no reason why PSN would be any different. I purchased and installed BF2 about a year ago

SirLemonhead

Yeah it'll hit about 10 megabytes a second from Steam. You'll get noticed if you're pulling down a lot of data though

IrishWelshCelt

whats the story with xbox live? can you access it throuh campus wlan?

Raphael

Definitely not through WaveLAN, and probably not through eduroam, though I've never tested it (Don't think Xbox supports the wireless security type)

IrishWelshCelt

OSI wrote: »

You would likely have to use your laptop as bridge

what would that en-tale?

jandek

please say mediafire isn't blocked.

._.

jandek wrote: »

please say mediafire isn't blocked.

Wouldn't they have to block port 80 to block that?

Yeah.. I doubt it's blocked.

._.

OSI wrote: »

Connect Laptop to Eduroam via Wi-Fi, connect X-Box to Laptop with ethernet cable, and enable internet connection sharing..

It's not that easy. I do this at home through my MacBook and I had to manually config the xbox with a static IP address and everything. So I needed the inet address, router IP, laptop IP, etc. And if you have a dynamic IP on the campus WLAN then you might have to change it every time you connect (I have static at home).

._.

OSI wrote: »

Why would you have to set it up manually? You PC/Mac (I've done both) should provide the Xbox with an IP, Router, DNS address automatically.

Auto has never worked for me and i've never heard of it working for anybody else..

mc_teo

SirLemonhead wrote: »

Yeah it'll hit about 10 megabytes a second from Steam. You'll get noticed if you're pulling down a lot of data though

define a lot? 120 GB/month? I have used ~60GB/month (and paid through the nose for it), but I'm limited to 25GB/month here on three (only thing I can use here in the sticks)

and I couldn't wait for unencumbered interwebz

Eathrin

I thought I might just ask here, what kind of speeds are people getting these days? I can't even seem to get 1mb download at the best of times, anywhere on campus.

ironclaw

Eathrin wrote: »

I thought I might just ask here, what kind of speeds are people getting these days? I can't even seem to get 1mb download at the best of times, anywhere on campus.

I only use Eduroam but I've never dropped below about ~3mb/s up and down. Depends what your doing mainly.

Cody Pomeray

Eathrin wrote: »

I thought I might just ask here, what kind of speeds are people getting these days? I can't even seem to get 1mb download at the best of times, anywhere on campus.

It's been woeful for me lately. I've occasionally been in the library and had to tether my laptop to my 3G in order to browse at all. Sometimes the signal disappears for about 5 minutes at a time. Anyone else having more problems recently?

ironclaw

Exams coming up puts ludicrous strain on the system. My advice, as always, avoid the library.Even having a laptop idle on the network puts strain on the wireless for others.

Cody Pomeray

That's quite true. Has it always been this bad? I seem to remember much better connectivity couple of years ago. Is it all the iphones and androids maybe?

n2o

Eathrin wrote: »

I thought I might just ask here, what kind of speeds are people getting these days? I can't even seem to get 1mb download at the best of times, anywhere on campus.

Seems fine to me....

ironclaw

n2o wrote: »

Seems fine to me....

What server were you using? UCD sits on HEAnet so anything in Ireland would give a slewed result.

n2o

ironclaw wrote: »

What server were you using? UCD sits on HEAnet so anything in Ireland would give a slewed result.

Eircom but for the craic, here's Vodafone UK based in London.

Yes ethernet speeds are fine



I'd imagine Eathrin is referring to Wifi speeds.

n2o

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd imagine Eathrin is referring to Wifi speeds.

No doubt but that's a capacity issue. Wireless speeds are always going to be an issue in busy areas.

While I'm at it here's my WiFi connection (WaveLAN)

n2o

n2o wrote: »

No doubt but that's a capacity issue. Wireless speeds are always going to be an issue in busy areas.

Yes we know. We're just wondering if there is a particular strain on wifi right now compared to usual.

ironclaw

Wifi will always be slower no matter what. I never understood however why social media isn't blocked around exam time especially in the library. Granted people collaborate on facebook but its not essential for study. I'd suggest YouTube blocking but their are pretty decent tutorials on their.

ironclaw

ironclaw wrote: »

Wifi will always be slower no matter what. I never understood however why social media isn't blocked around exam time especially in the library. Granted people collaborate on facebook but its not essential for study. I'd suggest YouTube blocking but their are pretty decent tutorials on their.

Bebo used to blocked back in the day for a while. Then people used proxies to access it so they stopped bothering to block it. They know the same will happen if they try with Facebook/Youtube so they don't bother.

Ethernet cable is pretty much essential if you're going to be using the internet in the library. Painfully slow on Wifi.

Eathrin

Yes, I was referring to wi-fi (mostly eduroam as WaveLan has a tough time trusting my laptop) and the library seems to be the worst culprit for slow speeds.

n2o

Eathrin wrote: »

Yes, I was referring to wi-fi (mostly eduroam as WaveLan has a tough time trusting my laptop) and the library seems to be the worst culprit for slow speeds.

It's the busiest area. As AdamD said, wired connection is a must.

Cody Pomeray

I was over in vet building tis morning, and the wifi was still ridiculous.

just annoying running around looking for sockets when you're outside a library.

n2o

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

I was over in vet building tis morning, and the wifi was still ridiculous.

just annoying running around looking for sockets when you're outside a library.

Don't know the vet building that well but from what I recall it's a bit of a concrete maze. Unless you're in the same room as the base station the signal is going to be weakened.

WoollyRedHat

So where's the best place outside library for better speeds then? I wouldn't even know where to look for ethernet sockets in Lib, god knows finding sockets is hard enough.

WoollyRedHat

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

So where's the best place outside library for better speeds then? I wouldn't even know where to look for ethernet sockets in Lib, god knows finding sockets is hard enough.

Most of the plug sockets in the library have ethernet sockets beside them.

Aspiring

Rather than start a new thread I thought it best to post here. Anybody had any luck getting on PSN? It was working a few days ago all day but other than that it seems to be blocked. Anyone tried bridging a connection from their laptop ?(either eduroam or ucd wireless). Don't have a working Ethernet cable here myself to try it out unfortunately.