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Dietrich Rinah
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-01-14 21:04:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Dietrich Rinah
I recently started my time at university and to my horror discovered that EVE wouldn't work on the halls internet so have been trying to find a way to play.

via Google I found a tutorial for (your freedom) but couldn't get it to work, and so a corp mate suggested looking at http://www.eve-search.com/thread/547642/page/1#15 and said it worked for him when he was at uni a few years ago, I have done everything up to changing network advanced in the pref.ini as I cant seem to find that option in the pref.ini file.

Hopefully somebody has some idea of how to get around the fact network advanced doesn't seem to exist anymore and if not if anyone has any other tutorials that could help me connect that would be amazing

I also apologize if this is in the wrong thread as I wasnt sure which to post in
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2013-01-14 21:07:15 UTC
Why not just talk with the network administrator?
FFS, I don't get why some universities are so anal about internet use. My university gave us unrestricted access through their networks. About the only restrictions they put on us are the same as any typical ISP would (e.g. cutting off your service if they receive a cease and desist order over piracy or something like that).

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#3 - 2013-01-14 21:08:28 UTC
If you put as much effort into your studies as you do into trying to circumvent network protocols, you should graduate with honors.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Dietrich Rinah
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-01-14 21:14:09 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Why not just talk with the network administrator?
FFS, I don't get why some universities are so anal about internet use. My university gave us unrestricted access through their networks. About the only restrictions they put on us are the same as any typical ISP would (e.g. cutting off your service if they receive a cease and desist order over piracy or something like that).
Sent them an email but they said they couldn't let me have access to the game because then they would have to let everyone else have access to games they wanted, and it would pose an unacceptable security risk

Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
If you put as much effort into your studies as you do into trying to circumvent network protocols, you should graduate with honors.

Can only study for so long before I need a break :)
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#5 - 2013-01-14 21:25:09 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
FFS, I don't get why some universities are so anal about internet use.

Considering that now days every hipster has an ipad, and iphone, and a netflix subscription, bandwith issues at universities is becoming a problem for their IT departments. Along with the constant connections comes the issue of most people are stupid and will willfully walk onto campus with a computer crammed full of malware, which then can leak onto school's systems. Besides that, bandwith during school hours is considered to be solely for school work, but people will still mash away at facebook games when they should be paying attention in class.

Dietrich, send me an evemail and I can try and help you with working out a proxy solution.

Lykouleon > CYNO ME CLOSER so I can hit them with my sword
Azitek
Serenity Labs
#6 - 2013-01-14 21:56:35 UTC
Lykouleon wrote:
Besides that, bandwith during school hours is considered to be solely for school work

Lol...riiiiight....
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-01-14 22:03:47 UTC
Lykouleon wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
FFS, I don't get why some universities are so anal about internet use.

Considering that now days every hipster has an ipad, and iphone, and a netflix subscription, bandwith issues at universities is becoming a problem for their IT departments. Along with the constant connections comes the issue of most people are stupid and will willfully walk onto campus with a computer crammed full of malware, which then can leak onto school's systems. Besides that, bandwith during school hours is considered to be solely for school work, but people will still mash away at facebook games when they should be paying attention in class.

Funny, we don't have those problems.
But I suppose that might be due to being a large public university as opposed to some smaller institution with less resources.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#8 - 2013-01-14 22:13:05 UTC
Lykouleon wrote:


Dietrich, send me an evemail and I can try and help you with working out a proxy solution.



What the Goon said. Use a proxy that works on common ports like 80 and 443, and the problem is solved.


☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Zindela
Aegeonix Systems
#9 - 2013-01-14 22:21:11 UTC
I guess i'm pretty lucky in that I'm only restricted to a maximum quantity of bandwidth per 24 hour period. Zero restrictions on content accessed. And even then, simply by changing my MAC address, I can reset the cap back to zero.


Good luck getting your internet spaceships back!
Matt Grav
Wrath of the Pea
#10 - 2013-01-14 23:45:10 UTC
Many UK Universities provide their halls of residence Internet access via the Janet network.

"Janet is a private, UK government-funded organisation, which provides computer network and related collaborative services to UK research and education."

The terms & conditions of which limit use to academic and education purposes. Breaking those T&C can get you in serious trouble with your Uni. Most will simply block ports with powerful firewalls that also capture all of the porn URL's that the students are looking at.
Blocking the ports for gaming simply shows that they are making an effort to enforce the Janet T&Cs that they have signed up to to get a good deal on their Internet connections.

I've seen cases of computers in the student halls causing major problems on the wider University networks.

I'd advise you to look for a private halls that makes use of another ISP, but it sounds a bit late.
Rakshasa Taisab
Sane Industries Inc.
#11 - 2013-01-14 23:53:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Rakshasa Taisab
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
If you put as much effort into your studies as you do into trying to circumvent network protocols, you should graduate with honors.

Considering I got my rather nice job in large part thanks to the lessons I learned when developing a BT client to suck down stuff faster on the university network, I'd say working around university rules and infrastructure is a time-honoured way of building a career.

Edit: Also, using SSH to proxy traffic through a server you control or rent is one of the safest bets.

Nyan
Karak Terrel
Foundation for CODE and THE NEW ORDER
#12 - 2013-01-15 00:04:40 UTC
Try corkscrew and dynamic port forwarding . No idea how that will affect your latency but unless they have a proxy that terminates SSL to scan the content, that always works.
Presidential Spokesman DeGaulle
Doomheim
#13 - 2013-01-15 00:10:28 UTC
I really hope for you that you are studying Aerospace Engineering so you can teach these people at ccp that there are no:

- smoke trails in space
- no regular sounds as we are used to them
- no ships getting into a full stop without counter propulsion
- no t1 frig being able to bump a titan

and countless more stuff
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#14 - 2013-01-15 00:15:41 UTC
Presidential Spokesman DeGaulle wrote:
I really hope for you that you are studying Aerospace Engineering so you can teach these people at ccp that there are no:

- smoke trails in space
- no regular sounds as we are used to them
- no ships getting into a full stop without counter propulsion
- no t1 frig being able to bump a titan

and countless more stuff
…except that smoke can exist just fine in space; that sounds are synthesized by your pod interface; that your warp engine creates friction against normal space-time; and that bumping happens due to shields and collision avoidance thrusters — see Malkalen for what happens if you disable them.