Internet and Downloading

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<p>Hey, can anyone at Duke describe if there are any blocking of downloading programs or limits like that, etc?</p>

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<p>The Office of Information Technology does monitor</a> ResNet bandwidth consumption in the dorms. Basically, if you are going over 5 Gb per day, you will receive a letter; after 5 letters, the MAC address will be clamped at 64 kb/s. If you need more than 5 Gb/day, you can put in a request, but generally, OIT would prefer that you use something other than ResNet for that kind of load.</p>

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<p>If this is the same policy as when I was an undergrad, that's an uploading, not a downloading restriction?</p>

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<p>Ahh - right you are - downloading is [url=<a href="http://www.oit.duke.edu/oitinbox/05_Nov/bandwidth.html%5Dlimitless%5B/url"&gt;http://www.oit.duke.edu/oitinbox/05_Nov/bandwidth.html]limitless[/url&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p>

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<p>Do you know if they block P2P programs like Limewire or Bittorrent?</p>

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<p>Here's the policy[/url</a>] on those, as well as a [url=<a href="http://www.oit.duke.edu/helpdesk/filesharing/impact02.html%5Dsomewhat">http://www.oit.duke.edu/helpdesk/filesharing/impact02.html]somewhat</a> outdated analysis.</p>

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<p>Duke doesn't restrict the use of p2p software, but they do frown upon using excess bandwidth uploading files. In the case of Bittorrent, it is often impossible to disable sharing/uploading, so if you use that or similar programs, be careful about leaving them on for long periods of time.</p>

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<p>Well, for bittorent programs - would the ports be blocked or otherwise behind a firewall? (Which would essentially prevent any downloading.)</p>