<p>yeah pretty much.....</p>
<p>i know u cant conncect to ur cornell hub on dc++ wen at home, so is there an alternative to still use dc++ on breaks and over the summer??? i want to get more movies, haha... so if nebody knows how to use dc++ back home pls let me know!! thnks</p>
<p>You can't connect to DC++ from home. Even if you could, it wouldn't be fast because it's going through your home internet connection. When at home use Limewire or Bittorrent or something else...</p>
<p>You can connect to DC++ from home, just not the cornell resnet exclusive hub. When people at cornell say DC++, they are taking about a hub on DC++ that is exclusively resnet people.</p>
<p>DC++ in general, has many hubs, but they're not blazing fast or virtually virus free like the resnet only one.</p>
<p>Ah, right, well I've only ever used DC++ for the resnet hub, spar is right</p>
<p>damn straight b**ch ;)</p>
<p>id figure there was wat sparticus describes...but the question is is it safe to use, like virus free and wont get caught for doing it and how can i connect to a different kind of hub, maybe a universal one or local one i donno.. sparticus do u use DC++ at home?</p>
<p>At home, I use DC++ only to download songs but the speed sucks: mostly around 20kps. If you want to connect to a public hub then just click on the public hub button, then choose which hub you want to enter. Every hub has a minimum sharing requirement.</p>
<p>i don't use DC++ off campus for just those reasons. I'd rather wait a month and know i'm downloading safely and securely (and quickly heheh)</p>
<p>A month? 13 days! You're rushing, right Spar?</p>
<p>yeah i meant a month from the beginning. and yes sparty is rushing ;)</p>
<p>As long as you don't run into virii you're ok. There's so much data going back and forth through those campus systems and so they are not going to pay someone to just sit there and sift through it all day. You're only going to be examined (whether that be what programs you run or sites you visit or things you send, etc) if you show signs that you're doing something that stands out. Most of the time it's because you have a virus or you're constantly downloading gigs upon gigs of stuff from P2P programs.</p>
<p>would downloading movies/tv shows like every other day make you stand out, or is that pretty much the norm?</p>
<p>It doesn't matter how much you download (except in terms of having to pay for bandwith), but it DOES matter if your machine has security vulnerabilities or shows virus-like activity (which is different from just downloading TV shows or movies).</p>
<p>Lucifer: I am not so sure -- if you are downloading gigs of movies through unapproved programs, you will be redflagged if the activity is continuous. Schools also don't want to get caught up in battles where students are sharing lots of illegal programs/music/etc. A friend of mine was downloading all the time and the bandwidth usage eventually led to an inspection which led to an account lockage.</p>
<p>Your friend must have been beyond excessive - I've used 20/30 GB of stuff in some months with no issues, though I readily admit the activity was far from continuous. I don't even understand why you'd have to have continuous activity, at least on bittorent, unless your d/l'ing HUNDREDS of gb per month, since you can upload at the same speed as you download and thus don't need to leave it uploading for a long time after you download.</p>
<p>Just use DC++ when you get on campus! It doesn't count towards your 2gb monthly bandwidth limit, kids! Simple!</p>
<p>2 GB MONTHLY!!! thats it?!...***? i d/l that per day..</p>
<p>how many times have we been through this: 2 GB of extranetwork (or internetwork, your choice) traffic. Anything within (intRAnetwork) is free. The DC++ hub is intranetwork only. Are we starting to catch on guys?</p>
<p>DC++ is free, safe, and fast in pretty much all regards... still confused?</p>
<p>jazz, whatever you download 2 gigs per day of can be found on dc++</p>