Plug in and go?

[drpootums]

I'm taking my computer to school to download the updates for Counter Strike: Source, America's Army, and a few other things. My science teacher is really cool, and he said if i bring it in early i could set up the downloads and just come in and check on it when i actually have class with him and pick it up at the end of the day.

The only reason i'm doing this is because downloading approximately 2000 mb's is a big pain in the *** on dial up. So this way I can update everything, and download what I want directly to my computer.

Now, when I get to school and hook up the networking ethernet cable into my ethernet port, what will I have to do? Or will it just automatically connect to the network? I want to know this before I get there and find out it wont work.

Also, will my computer have the same blocked sites if it's connected and all is working? Because it probably wont let me into any of the game sites to actually download stuff if it is. And would the blocking program cause any problems with Steam? Or would the network cause any conflicts with my dial-up application (Earthlink)?


I know there's quite a few questions, but thanks for taking your time to answer them!

 

[RebateMonger]

It'd probably be easier to just download the updates onto a PC at school and burn them onto some CDs, rather than hauling a whole PC around.

 

[drpootums]

i know that would be easier, but i cannot load programs over 1 GB onto a CD, and non of the computers at school that i'd have access to have a DVD burner.

Also, i cannot load the update for Counter Strike: Source onto a CD, i have to download it directly to the computer.

 

[JackMDS]

You might need to optimize the tcp/ip fot the school Speed, and then back to dialup at home.

Optimizing & Measuring the "Speed" of Internet Connection.

:sun:

 

[anatawa]

depends on how nice is your network admin... your school server may limit the size of download, limit max download etc2.. also to connect you might need same MAC registered on school server and put it on you NIC card... same workgroup, same computer name.... and maybe setup few IP setting..

but since you are with your teacher maybe it is possible after all...

 

[pikachu656]

depends also if the school has a firewall/proxy on their network that may prevent you from downloading the updates.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: drpootums
i know that would be easier, but i cannot load programs over 1 GB onto a CD, and non of the computers at school that i'd have access to have a DVD burner.

Also, i cannot load the update for Counter Strike: Source onto a CD, i have to download it directly to the computer.

You can easily split large files into smaller pieces, write the pieces to CD, and reconstruct them.

I have no idea how Counter-Strike patches work. That certainly is a hangup if you can't download the patches directly.

 

[jbritt1234]

It's really imposible to tell without just trying. I'll bet that you can probably just plug it in and assuming you are set to DHCP it will work. But there is a big chance it won't. Also, if sites are already being blocked on the school's PC, they will be blocked on yours most likely also. That just depends on what lvl they are being blocked.

 

[yukichigai]

Many universities employ multi-tiered internet access for students at faculty. It's not uncommon for the hard-wired ports in the faculty offices and classrooms (excluding ports built into desks or whatnot) to be DHCP-less, or even have MAC filters such that only MAC addresses that the IT staff know about can connect. Usually this is because these connections aren't filtered and restricted as heavily as the connections that, say, the computer lab workstations use. The only way you'll be able to know for sure is to hook it up and see, but don't be surprised if the connection in your professor's office/classroom/whatever doesn't work for your computer.