Re: OT: my uni is blocking bit torrent
- From: datasmog@xxxxxxxxxxx (ray)
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:30:13 +0100
Chris Ridd <chrisridd@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 30/10/05 11:46, in article
> 1130715962.073436.242760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris"
> <Chris.Holland16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > My uni computers have an incredidbly fast connection.
> >
> > I can't install bittorrent becuase I don't have admin privaleges. But I
> > used a client called XBT, which does work - it actually downloads stuff
> > albeit slowly e.g. I got through 5% of Charlie and the Chocolate
> > factory
> >
> > So I bought in my laptop and started using our uni's wifi network. It
> > works very well - very fast BUT Limewire doesn't work and bit torrent
> > doesn't work.
> >
> > Are my uni using a "firewall" or something to block filesharing? I
> > didn't know they could be so specific.
>
> It is entirely possible to block the standard ports used by BitTorrent and
> Limewire, in fact that's the simplest thing for any firewall to do.
>
> > Is there a way round it?
>
> You could configure BitTorrent/Limewire to run on different ports. That
> ought to work unless your uni's firewall is able to detect (and block)
> traffic that *looks like* BitTorrent and Gnutella.
>
BitTorrent clients will require some port forwarding to be set up on any
firewall, so that's probably not going to work [1] if you don't have
access to the firewall.
[1] It may work but it will be very very slow.
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