ITS Blocking Ports

Saberwing · Post by **Saberwing** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:13 pm

Hey there.

I woke up this morning to find that my internet service had been disconnected by ITS for using DC++. I tried to talk to them about why it was causing a problem, and it seemed that their main concern was due to external traffic. I tried to mention the idea of having an internal hub but it doesn't seem as though it went down that well as they had other concerns about it...I don't know what they are though.

I think it's kind of ridiculous that they can block your room's port because you're using P2P. I'm waiting right now for them to get back to me and see if they are going to take any 'further disciplinary action'.

I don't know if this is happening to other people as well or if I'm just the first in a long line of people, but this should just be a heads up...

CruzerMX · Post by **CruzerMX** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:35 pm

shit dude sorry to hear that. that's worrying for me seeing as you're in the same block and all...

surely external traffic is still low even though the hub is off-campus?

Post by **BigG** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:52 pm

Yeah, it should be lowish, it depends on if you are uploading to people who are off campus, even then though, their connections limit the speed, ergo the amount of data transferred shouldn't be *too* high even then

echelon · Post by **echelon** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:48 pm

yea I reckon its just ITS trying to blame P2P on the fact that the ResNet sucks.. bad excuse really.. they could just network it properly and P2P wouldnt be such a big deal.. Will be interesting to see whether they take further action.. I haven't yet heard of anyone getting a fine tho..

It seems they may just have started a witch hunt.. but lets see

CrAzYfOoL · Post by **CrAzYfOoL** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:06 pm

yer i been banned to chap

not a happy bunny !! :@

CruzerMX · Post by **CruzerMX** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:08 pm

unlucky m8 tis a bad day for filesharers

looks like someone up there likes me, or they just havent reached my name on the list yet

Post by **cocodude** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:43 pm

'tis a very sad day. At the very least, you should be getting back Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£5/week for your connection being terminated.

Hopefully this incident will encourage people to actively get together and complain, preferably through the union. ITS have a monopoly and are abusing their status by providing a terrible service and on their unfair terms.

Cocodude

CrAzYfOoL · Post by **CrAzYfOoL** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:13 pm

well im still here

gotta ring up ITS tomorrow and arrange a meeting i have heard

ill let you know how it goes

Peace out for now (ill be back!!!)

Post by **cocodude** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:17 pm

For your information, as provided by astropoint, something interesting happened this morning. just before 9am. Almost all people from campus were disconnected for a few minutes, and then they started to reappear. Chat log follows:

[2005-11-15 08:53] <Morphelia> 53 users
[2005-11-15 08:53] <Morphelia> and dropping....
[2005-11-15 08:54] <astropoint> hmm...that was a quick drop yes
[2005-11-15 08:54] <astropoint> i;m sure we had loads more that that a second ago
[2005-11-15 08:55] <astropoint> 40 now :S
[2005-11-15 08:56] <astropoint> did we just loose almost everybody on campus by any chance?
[2005-11-15 08:58] <astropoint> anybody still here...?
[2005-11-15 09:04] <astropoint> apparantly not
[2005-11-15 09:19] <astropoint> ooh...we're going back up again now
[2005-11-15 09:19] <astropoint> how odd
[2005-11-15 09:21] <astropoint> can anybody actually read this...
[2005-11-15 09:21] <astropoint> i;ve been chatting to myself here for a while
[2005-11-15 09:22] <Morphelia> im still here
[2005-11-15 09:22] <Morphelia> i dont think i got kicked
[2005-11-15 09:23] <Morphelia> maybe it was everyone but rootes
[2005-11-15 09:23] <astropoint> looks like it was the majority of users on campus though

The unconfirmed rumour that 16 people were cut off was provided by Dec who appeared on the hub early evening today:

[2005-11-15 18:13] <Dec> yeh 16 people ahve been cut off
[2005-11-15 18:15] <Smelly_Kat> Dec, where did you find out that 16 ppl had been cut off
[2005-11-15 18:15] <Corvinus> cruzermx, i think they are just targeting high end users
[2005-11-15 18:16] <Corvinus> so yeh why havent u been cut off
[2005-11-15 18:16] <Dec> from some1 in my flat who has been cut off
[2005-11-15 18:16] <Blue_Owl> i think you would ahve had to do alot of downloading fo anyone to notice
[2005-11-15 18:16] <CruzerMX> its crazy
[2005-11-15 18:16] <Blue_Owl> think of all the people nad connections they will ahve to monitor
[2005-11-15 18:16] <Smelly_Kat> shit
[2005-11-15 18:16] <Dec> he phoned it services to get it back on and they told him y his net wasnt working

Hope this helps someone.

Cocodude

Saberwing · Post by **Saberwing** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:52 pm

Thanks Coco.

I spoke to ITS and they told me to set up a meeting as well. I think my internet got disconnected at about 11:45 AM or something like that.

Anon101 · Post by **Anon101** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:24 pm

Awww damn that sucks so much!

Yeah def. fight for your money, and your connection back.
Confirms ITS can map ports to rooms as per "JANET" legalities then.

still bermused on why they insist on "restricting" bandwith in certain halls then.

Meanwhile: My internet speed update, it took 3 attempts to load this reply box, the 3rd of which worked, with about a 60 second load up time.

Hrmph. Focus group here I come.

BTW. If you are serious about attending focus groups sign up here:
http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/onlinesurvey/retention/
and apparently they give you a Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£10 Amazon Voucher,
(which you could spend if the internet was fast enough)

^^^^^^^ This isn't ITS focus group, it's Uni focus group in general.

Anon101 · Post by **Anon101** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:25 pm

Right, weird thing, now my internet pages are loading up, like, instantly fast, 10 secs after that last post.

Post by **BigG** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:23 pm

Maybe ITS have been reading this and though 'oh crap they're onto us' and increased your speed to pacify you?

CrAzYfOoL · Post by **CrAzYfOoL** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:47 am

i got my meeting with ITS now, its with mary someone

ill let u know how it goes !

Dec · Post by **Dec** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:02 pm

The guy from my flat had his meeting and he says that they will be reconnected later today, which is good news, tho this hasnt happened yet.

Apparently it something to do with them looking at whos doing what on the network and the people who were constantly at the top of the list were called for a meeting (and disconnected for 24hrs).

I'm not surprised tho as this guy did leave his pc on 24/7 downloading stuff. I'm hoping the odd bit here and htere they will turn a blind eye to, tho who knows?

Dec