Networking question - I just moved to my college and I can't get bittorrent to work :(

[magomago]

I don't get it...I got connected and I can visit any site and its pretty fast so I really like that. But I tried to test it out to see what I get with bitorrent or Newsgroups and the newgroups won't download anything, and I can't get anything on Bitorrent (unliscened anime)

Anyone know what is going on and how I can remedy this? One of the perks I was hoping for was the ability to be able to download faster and gets things quicker but this isn't turning out like I hoped.

thanks

magomago

btw- I'm @ UCI (Uni of Cal IRvine)

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

More than likely your College network has certain ports blocked and a firewall on. Your best bet would be to contact the network admin and ask.

 

[magomago]

why would they block it?

 

[0roo0roo]

file sharing eats up massive resources. resources cost money.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
file sharing eats up massive resources. resources cost money.

Yup... over $300k/year for my school. read this.

 

[thraxes]

Firewall... tough luck joe.

Thats why in our dorms, about 4 students band up and share a private DSL broadband connection via WLAN.

Even if the port weren't blocked, there would probably be a traffic limit instead. On our campus it's 2GB / month

 

[thraxes]

Firewall... tough luck joe.

Thats why in our dorms, about 4 students band up and share a private DSL broadband connection via WLAN.

Even if the port weren't blocked, there would probably be a traffic limit instead. On our campus it's 2GB / month

 

[CTho9305]

2gb/month?!??!?!? holy crap... we get 1gb upload, unlimited download per day.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

It's a not-so-subtle way of telling you to stop downloading tentacle pr0n and start doing your homework.

- M4H

 

[magomago]

I don't d/l porn

Btw- turns out I CAN use newsgroups and turns out earlier the file i tried was FUBARED

So its just upload they are restricting? Damn...I need my dorama!

And I don't even use kazaa


Will Counterstrike work then?

 

[jdogg707]

Living in the dorm I could never play any online games, I could only play LAN games with guys on my floor. It all goes back to the point earlier about bandwidth and resources...when you do the file sharing/playing online games, it clogs the network...calling for more resources...and more resources means more money...and universities don't like to spend money they don't have too.

 

[CTho9305]

Ah, I play lots of CS... my ping is generally below 25ms.