<p>I know BT and other P2P utilities are off limits, but do they limit network bandwidth as long as it doesnt go outside of Umich's LAN? Are there DC++ networks to connect to.</p>
<p>Most people use mytunes/ourtunes. Itunes has a feature that allows you to stream music across your network, and mytunes/ourtunes save the stream to a file on your harddrive. Local network bandwidth isn't limited, it tends to be capped by the hubs you get for your room.</p>
<p>Honestly, you're better off trying to find people who have large amounts of stuff, or somebody who has an unrestricted connection in off-campus housing and working individually with them. Or just make a list during school of stuff you can't find through indirect means and download like a banshee first time you come back home =P.</p>
<p>Pay a few bucks a month and get usenet access.</p>
<p>Could someone fill me in on the brand and possibly model number of the hubs they use?</p>
<p>Hmm...now I know we aren't allowed to use wireless routers even though it sounds like many people do. Do we require us to use the provided hub and only the provided hub? I have a belkin wired router sitting at home unused. As long as I turn DHCP off, will they have a problem with this? I mean I'd rather use a router as just a switch as long as I'd have the greater efficiency than a hub. I have a laptop and a modded Xbox with Xbox Media Center installed and my roommate has a desktop. We will both be doing multiplayer gaming and filesharing.</p>
<p>I doubt they care, and even if they do they have no way of ever finding out.</p>
<p>I think you'll need to use it as a router to use the xbox (which is fine).</p>
<p>Do they use dhcp or staic ip's in the dorms? How do I register an xbox on their network, or do I just need to have the settings configured corretly? During orienatation they said that each computer requires a fee. Is it like a fee per static ip address? Otherwise, if its dynamic, how do they know how many are connected per room unless they are constantly monitoring the network?</p>
<p>Pretty sure it's DHCP, because every once in a while we'd lose internet connection when that server went down. No cost per computer, and they really don't care how many connections there are in one room, since you're pretty much capped by the fact that each room only has one active ethernet port.</p>
<p>Use a router with NAT and DHCP, because you get an automatic firewall that way too. Make sure you get a good router, NOT a hub, otherwise you will lose out on these benefits.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if there is a good DC++ hub? I am compelled to pay for newsgroups, but DC++ will likely be leaps and bounds faster...</p>
<p>my school doesn't allow individual routers :(</p>
<p>^ Aren't you going to UM?</p>
<p>Epsilon, newsgroups are a lot safer at the moment afaik, and depending on your tastes might also have a much better selection.</p>
<p>So we can use routers? If not, how can 3 people use the same ethernet connection?</p>
<p>When you check into your room, you rent a hub for the year. It has 4 ports, one of which you connect to the ethernet port in the wall, and the other 3 connect to your computers/xboxes/whatnot.</p>
<p>And just a helpful tidbit of info that you should remember and pass on to anybody who claims to have problems connecting to the internet. Your room will have two ethernet jacks, but only one is active. So if you hook everything up and it still says "network cable unplugged", then try the other ethernet jack.</p>
<p>Why would they not make both active?? And so, through their setup, if one student has two computers, the other can only have one? Then why did they say at orientation that each student is allowed to register up to two computers? Then I am bringing my own router, since we will both have two computers.</p>
<p>Not exactly sure why they don't make both active.</p>
<p>It's pretty much never a problem, not having enough connections. Can you really ever think of a time you'd both be needing to have an internet connection to both a desktop and a laptop while in your room? I guess if you have a router just lying around, go for it, but it's really not worth going out and buying one. I know at least in South Quad they have wireless internet in the IRC.</p>
<p>When you're first getting stuff together in your room, you have to go to <a href="https://nr.housing.umich.edu%5B/url%5D">https://nr.housing.umich.edu</a> (I think <a href="https://netreg.housing.umich.edu%5B/url%5D">https://netreg.housing.umich.edu</a> also works) and log-in with your uniqname to register your computer with the U of M housing internet system (probably the second most common issue with setting up the internet in dorm rooms, along with only one ethernet jack being active). You're allowed to use your uniqname to register two computers. I only had a problem with this once, and that was because I registered a desktop and a laptop, then my friend from EMU wanted to get connected to the internet when he was visiting. How this affects people hooking up Xbox Live, I have no clue, I just know it's possible.</p>
<p>Also, for people wondering about DC++, I just downloaded it today and live in the Ann Arbor area. How would I go about finding a hub in the area? Is it something I could search for within the client, or just something you kinda find out?</p>
<p>wait.. umich allows routers? I thought they didn't... or is that only with wireless?</p>
<p>Well, heres a tip for you computer illiterates:</p>
<p>Look on the back on any router, there will be a MAC address, when you register your computer instead of typing in your computer's MAC, type in the router's MAC. The router will connect just fine and anything behind it will be able to as well.</p>
<p>That will work if you have computers that are just going to sit in your dorm, but if you plan on using wireless internet around campus i wouldnt register your laptop as that. If you have a desk top and say an xbox that will be staying in your dorm then register the router.</p>