Look how messed up our schools network is

[amdskip]

I am attempted to transfer through aim a 6mb file. The time said it was going to take 2 hours +. Thats just messed up. If people ran freakin adaware and used the free norton our school provides, traffic would be much better. I think the packet shapers get so much traffic to the point that they can't handle it and then we get speeds much slower than 56k. That said, I'm installing a modem and dialing up as it will be faster than this.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Have you checked if the school disables certain ports? I know that Bit Torrent for example needs specific ports open otherwise you get like 1/20 the speed that you should be getting. Might want to check the ports that AIM transfers use.

 

[techfuzz]

Actually, I would bet it's probably due to p2p overwhelming your network.

techfuzz

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: techfuzz
Actually, I would bet it's probably due to p2p overwhelming your network.

techfuzz

 

[amdskip]

P2P is blocked pretty good actually but students always look for ways around it and Bit Torrent is blocked also. This dial up is much faster!

 

[MaxDepth]

They could have a throttle on AIM transfers. Packet sniffing at anything larger than 32K.

Have you tried to setup your own ftp server?

 

[amdskip]

The entire internet is slow. Yahoo.com will time out and if it loads it will take 2-3 minutes.

 

[Kelvrick]

Thats why you gotta get to know guys who ran the network. At least, thats what I did freshman year.

EDIT: After the dorm contract was up, I promptly moved to a non-school own/run apartment complex and ordered up my DSL.

 

[floccus]

wow, sounds like my school... only your internet seems to be up usually. Ours crashes pretty much 4 times a week...

 

[AFB]

Sounds like they need to instal a layer 7 filter like Packeter.

 

[amdskip]

I work for the schools resnet as a student worker so I do know them. The problem is all the routers are 7 years old along with all the other networking equipment in the dorms. We will have an additional $600,000+ to spend next year due to a new student fee that passed so things will improve slowly.