Confused_Emus
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- Comment on Snow Leopard 1 week 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? 1 week ago:
Search for basement bargain priced drugs, get basement bargain drug dealers.
- Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
Pondering the logistics of starting a national movement to just refuse to pay at all.
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- Comment on We aren't in Kansas anymore, but Kansas is sure in you. 4 weeks ago:
I do often say the Missouri side of KC is the fun side.
- Comment on Peak Fantasy 4 weeks ago:
Heterotopia
- Comment on Wishes 4 weeks ago:
Put your head in the database butthole and receive the lethal dose of the diarrhea of knowledge!
- Comment on Chat is this real 5 weeks ago:
The restaurant was not in a ticketed park, so the ticket purchase is as related to this as the Disney+ trial.
- Comment on Stop wasting my time 5 weeks ago:
Redirected to banggood.com. With a URL like that you’d expect porn, but it looks to be an Amazon ripoff.
- Comment on Why do I need to update my graphics drivers? 5 weeks ago:
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- Comment on YSK there are more than 3 US credit bureaus 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, they do all they can to push the premium accounts, but there’s a free option buried in there somewhere.
- Comment on Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds 1 month ago:
I’d guess a result of the dumber criminals not knowing what specific models are vulnerable. This fiasco tainted the entire brand.
- Comment on Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds 1 month ago:
No engine immobilizer was the ultimate issue. And from what I understand, it was just an issue with models sold in the US, so all this misery was caused by a manufacturer’s cost saving measure.
- Comment on 2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed 1 month ago:
Such a helpful employee!
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