<p>So, what is the school policy on dling music and using bandwith (i.e. via Azureus)?</p>
<p>Do students need to register laptops for wifi? Are there people who monitor use of bandwith?</p>
<p>The dorm network has a 5gb per week limit on total upload + download. Computers need to be registered in order to hook up by ethernet cable in the dorms. However, any student can use the Rescomp or AirBears wireless.</p>
<p>Commonsense is correct. To log into AirBears or Rescomp wireless (which is available in most parts of the campus), you just need a CalNet ID (student ID) and password, which you'll have (its use for a lot of other stuff, like registering for classes). I haven't heard anything about wireless network bandwidth, but the dorm connections do have a 5 gb limit per week. However, file sharing within the school network is both really fast and doesn't use up your bandwidth. Most students that share will be using DC++, and you'll be able to download from anyone on the UCB network without using your bandwidth (since its on the internal network) at around 2-5 MB/s.</p>
<p>There were cases in which people were downloading movies/music that have been caught by the RIAA or whatever authorities handle that stuff, but there have not been news about it for a while now, but they did track down on UC's like 3 years ago.</p>
<p>o... so would you say downloading music is not as prevalent/not recommended on campus...? </p>
<p>ahhh my ipoddd lol</p>
<p>My roommate got caught for dloading Sleepy Hollow on BT. But I think that it was just a random sting op and he got unlucky. I don't think anything happened to him tho besides a warning, but you probably shouldn't push it.</p>
<p>A lot of people use DC++, as mentioned above. On the Berkeley hub, the download speeds are blazing fast. You can download albums in 10 seconds and movies in less than a minute. It doesn't count against your bandwith limit either. And as far as I know, it is almost impossible to get caught because you're sharing within the network (correct me if I'm wrong though).</p>
<p>^^ yeah, I was wondering whether it's likely that you'll get caught on the DC++ network...</p>
<p>wow, thats sickkk, 10 seconds for albums!!! wowowowow, awesomee.</p>
<p>But one question, What is DC++? lol </p>
<p>Edit: Is it recommended over other file-sharing programs?</p>
<p>You can google search for it, you will need to have the correct hub name and stuff but that can be arranged :).</p>
<p>It's different than other filesharing programs as it is within a network not just open to everybody. (I don't know too much about this stuff)</p>
<p>lol Im assuming it can be arranged with the school? </p>
<p>Any reason why DC++ impression seems to be the most popular on the Berkeley campus?</p>
<p>^^ er, because there are over 30,000 students and countless more people on campus (workers, medical staff, etc.), so setting up a network to share files is an awesome idea?</p>
<p>People share a lot in DC++ but there are a TON of leechers. Last year I shared about 1TB of media but will not be in the dorm this year =(
It is awesome though, and it was the reason I almost stayed in the dorm.
Be careful on torrents though. I did get a Cease & Desist order while on campus for torrents.</p>
<p>Do they not have certain ports blocked (6969 for outbound access, 6881 for inbound (although 6881 is variable))?</p>
<p>Gigante was defintely awesome last year.</p>
<p>haha Gigante was a BEAST... props to him</p>
<p>has anyone gotten fined/legal action imposed on him or her?</p>
<p>I have some friends who like torrenting music and videos for free (and thus illegally). Could my friends potentially be caught and suffer the consequences? How would they be caught?</p>
<p>can someone do a speedtest with their laptops or iphones on AirBears? I wanna know how fast is it. Does ResComp Wifi & Airbears Wifi contribute to the 12gb/wk limit?</p>
<p>download 1157.6 kB/s upload 627.2 kB/s</p>