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Would my university know if I put a router in my room

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: CitizenDoug
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Clone your MAC address to the router.
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Could you elaborate? The guy down at the "ResNet" office was getting all excited about my MAC address the other day when my internet stopped working.

I kept telling him, no, it's a PC, not a MAC! Lol.
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lol...

a MAC address is a hardware code burned into the firmware of your NIC. It is a hex number unique to your card, unique so routing can actually work. I'm not going to explain the process of routing to you but I've give you enough info... the code can be entered into your router so as far as your resnet is concerned, the packets are hitting that MAC address (your nic, so it thinks) yet your router handles all internal network routing on the inside without their knowledge.

To be honest it's not even neccesary but if you're super paranoid it might be a good option.

IM me if you want more in depth, this is my quick 101 😉
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You're pretty damn thorough with your "quick 101's" :lips:
 
Honestly no one cares at all. I have a router running, it's against the network TOS, and no one cares. I even have the wireless enabled. Again, no one cares if you have a router in your room.
 
I have a router in my room and I have it cloned to my computer's MAC address. works fine.been doing it for the past years.
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: CitizenDoug
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Clone your MAC address to the router.
Click to expand...

Could you elaborate? The guy down at the "ResNet" office was getting all excited about my MAC address the other day when my internet stopped working.

I kept telling him, no, it's a PC, not a MAC! Lol.
Click to expand...

lol...

a MAC address is a hardware code burned into the firmware of your NIC. It is a hex number unique to your card, unique so routing can actually work. I'm not going to explain the process of routing to you but I've give you enough info... the code can be entered into your router so as far as your resnet is concerned, the packets are hitting that MAC address (your nic, so it thinks) yet your router handles all internal network routing on the inside without their knowledge.

To be honest it's not even neccesary but if you're super paranoid it might be a good option.

IM me if you want more in depth, this is my quick 101 😉
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You're pretty damn thorough with your "quick 101's" :lips:
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😉
 
here at UCSD, you gotta call the ResNet guys to configure your router and "register" it. it won't work otherwise.
 
Originally posted by: jewno
i got a router in my room but one computer's down so...

but hub works the best fyi.
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hub won't work.

he needs something that supports NAT'ing... so he can "hide" behind his one assigned IP/MAC address.
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
Don't you people have roommates? People here use switches/ports.
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I am in a single but folks in doubles just have two ports in their wall 😉
 
You are only allowed one mac address to be connected at a time?

At my school you can have as many as you want, you just have to register them. (This includes consoles). My roommate has 7 computers.

They just have a daily bandwidth limit.

Why would they not allow you to have 2 computers plugged into the network?
 
Originally posted by: rahvin
Why do you need a router, jesus, just use a hub or a switch. You don't need a router.
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Some schools make you register MAC addreses or otherwise limit access.

My school I just used a switch, they didn't do any registering or things like that.
 
Originally posted by: kami333
Originally posted by: rahvin
Why do you need a router, jesus, just use a hub or a switch. You don't need a router.
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Some schools make you register MAC addreses or otherwise limit access.

My school I just used a switch, they didn't do any registering or things like that.
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You would still have a MAC address on any computer using the service. All the switch/hub does is turn one port into X ports so you can have more cables connected. They are completely transparent to the network.
 
Second NIC in main comp plus Mini switch FTW?

That way you keep the existing registered MAC of Comp 1 and can share the connection with others. Downside is having comp 1 on all the time to share the link.
 
use a hub.

my university allowed me to have 3 computers on at once. they all had different IP addresses too. 🙂

(edit: this was over 2 years ago. even then, it wasn't unheard of that people would be owning two computers and using them on the network. nowadays, it's becoming more common, and universities will have to accommodate for it.

i also worked for the computing department, btw.)
 
Originally posted by: rahvin
Originally posted by: kami333
Originally posted by: rahvin
Why do you need a router, jesus, just use a hub or a switch. You don't need a router.
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Some schools make you register MAC addreses or otherwise limit access.

My school I just used a switch, they didn't do any registering or things like that.
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You would still have a MAC address on any computer using the service. All the switch/hub does is turn one port into X ports so you can have more cables connected. They are completely transparent to the network.
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The point is though depending on the school they can have some pretty strict policies including limiting it to 1MAC registeration per person. Then a switch wouldn't work, would it?
 
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