Confused_Emus
@Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Tony Todd Dies: ‘Candyman’ Star Whose Hundreds Of Credits Include ‘Final Destination’ Films & ‘Platoon’ Was 69 1 week ago:
If one does watch and enjoy it, I recommend they do not watch the sequel.
- Comment on Why don't we just gather up all the ocean's trash and all the nonrecyclables, put them in a rocket, and launch it into the sun? 3 weeks ago:
The problem is slowing it down to any speed that would end up with it dropping into the sun is going to take more effort and be more difficult than firing it out of the solar system. It isn’t practical.
- Comment on hard to argue with 4 weeks ago:
How’d the professor like it? Sounds like an interesting topic, I’d hope it was a good grade.
- Comment on Server dealer keeps hitting at Elon Musk for $61 million bill — Wiwynn sues X for unpaid IT infrastructure products 4 weeks ago:
The bronzer has likely seeped in and turned all the organs a disgusting orangish-brown.
- Comment on Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas? | Simon Jenkins 1 month ago:
Virginia is actually named for Elizabeth I, the “Virgin Queen.”
- Comment on Amazon tech workers leaving for other jobs in response to return to office mandate 1 month ago:
Unfortunately a dollar in cut costs is more valuable than employee talent these days.
- Comment on Smh 1 month ago:
I’d love to work in Antarctica. I’d never pass the psych evaluation, though. Would be just my luck I’d have one of my major depression episodes and decide it’s a good idea to go freeze to death in the frozen desert. Given how great my last few days have been, it honestly doesn’t sound like a terrible idea now.
- Comment on Raise Wages? No Need — McDonald’s Is Hiring Inmates Instead 1 month ago:
I’m somewhat confused since one of the four states cited as rejecting it is Alabama, which is also the state this article is based in. What gives?
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 month ago:
Plato wasn’t writing in some long-dead obscure language that we only have vague translations of, it was Greek. It’s not a matter of interpretation.
- Comment on Snow Leopard 2 months ago:
Even with the red circle I can’t see it.
- Comment on How come drug dealers seem to have a messed up house or at least a messed up car with a bunch of trash in it? 2 months ago:
Search for basement bargain priced drugs, get basement bargain drug dealers.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Definitely makes sense - security concerns aside, the less crowded the broadcast space, the happier all the APs are.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Should be, yes. At that point it’s a question of how well the network was configured. I’d hope this wouldn’t much of an issue these days - I did graduate from college in 2011, and I’m sure (hopeful) campus networks have improved since my student IT job days. These days my router config experience is from the ISP side. The only private network I’m responsible for is my own, thankfully!
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Some of my other replies address that. Worked in IT on a college campus, and every class will have at least a few clueless users who just plug the cables into the LAN ports.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
I’m not getting pissy about anything. That’s projection on your part, reading a tone that wasn’t there. Just because you’re in a bad mood today doesn’t mean the rest of the internet is.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
I’m sure OP is given the more technical nature of Lemmy users. But this thread about the average college student with no networking knowledge.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Typically they do. Which is great until you get a student who doesn’t understand WAN vs LAN and plugs both connections into the LAN port. Never underestimate the power of a Stupid User.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Which is all well and good until you get someone who plugs both connections into the LAN ports.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Fair enough. My recommendation would be set the router to pass through and see if it works. Just secure the wireless network created by your AP - be a responsible network policy violator!
I don’t really have any other ideas that wouldn’t involve additional hardware, which doesn’t make much since give the short time you’ll be there.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Yeah. I think OP’s issue is they may have a few devices that are wireless only. Not sure of the best way to handle those.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Eww, yeah, that sounds like a crappy setup to milk more money from students with no other option - especially if you’ve got student aid requiring you to live in school housing.
You may want to see about getting your own wireless carrier internet service. Not the best solution, but at least it would be yours and unrestricted.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
I mean, it’s all right there in the first two paragraphs. Keep in mind that by DHCP server we aren’t talking about something specifically set up by people with malicious intent. A home router is a DHCP server when not configured for pass through. Students who don’t know how routers actually work (we can’t all be IT nerds, lol) plug them into their dorm Ethernet jack, and now you’ve got an unauthorized device offering IP addresses that conflict with the authorized DHCP servers, which can quickly start causing issues with any new devices trying to connect to the network, and existing devices as their DHCP leases expire. Also keep in mind that we’re talking about a college network that will likely have local network resources for students like shared drives that would not be accessible to anyone connecting through the rogue device. Your IT department will quickly start getting complaints about the network that are caused by an access point you have no control over.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
It’s hard to say without knowing all the details of how the college configures their network. Back when I was in college, I had a student job with the campus’ IT department, and students running into issues getting all their devices connected was a regular issue at the start of every year.
The main problem with most college networks is that you’ve typically got an enterprise setup that’s also having to double as home internet service for those living on campus. Depending on when the network was built it was likely only planning for students to have a laptop, maybe a desktop too, as opposed to modern times when just about every electronic device has an internet connection.
Some things just may not work like they did at home.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Ah! I just saw you specified if it’s configured for pass through. If it is configured for pass through, then yeah it likely won’t cause issues on the network. The DHCP server is the critical bit.
From a network management perspective, though, they still won’t want these because you have to trust all these college students are going to properly configure their devices - most of them won’t know how and won’t bother figuring it out. And then you still have the issue of a bunch of unmanaged access points to your network, which is just poor security.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Because that router will be broadcasting DHCP signals and offering IPs, conflicting with the authorized DHCP servers on the network. This wiki article will probably explain it better. I’m not so good with the words a such.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 2 months ago:
Not all that surprising. I don’t know of any network manager who’d happily allow rogue routers on their network, particularly if you still have it configured as a DHCP device and not a pass through device, which most college students do not consider and will very much disrupt campus network performance.
- Comment on Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan 2 months ago:
Missing the point. If a few people independently decide not to pay that doesn’t really send much of a message.
- Comment on Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan 2 months ago:
Pondering the logistics of starting a national movement to just refuse to pay at all.
- Comment on Cords 2 months ago:
- Comment on We aren't in Kansas anymore, but Kansas is sure in you. 2 months ago:
I do often say the Missouri side of KC is the fun side.
