Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers
Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 1 week ago
Pretty sure you could end around their TOS by connecting a PC with 2 Ethernet ports to the provider’s internet and connect your router to the PC with the 2nd port. In the PC’s OS bridge the 2 ports together, and disable the routers firewall.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
That’s just using a router with extra steps.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
An extra step that doesn’t go against their TOS, though.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Is it though? It seems the prohibition is against using any form of wireless access point, it doesn’t matter where the network cable plugs in. When you have too many wifi networks blasting in a small area, the experience is degraded for everyone.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
That might be one of the concern, but the TOS clearly doesn’t state that. They only prohibit against attaching multiple devices to the network. If you attach it to your desktop PC, it could be considered not on the network as long as you don’t bridge the two connections together.