To my best knowledge and although the technicalities of the subject escape me:With regard to a call that you logged with the IT Service Desk (reference
00087909) on 11/04/2006:
We are very aware of the current degradation of performance on ResNet. The
network team are investigating to find the cause of the problem. We believe
it is a mixture of things which is causing the issues.
1. Possible Virus like activity
2. Peer to Peer applications
3. An application called Skype which we believe is causing problems when it
is left on constantly. We are advising
residents to switch of skype when it does not need to be used and to try
there internet connections when this
application is not being used.
In light of this will be re-instating the Traffic Shaper, with rules
applied, ahead of schedule.
This will take place at 15.00 today, Tuesday 11th April 2006.
It is essential that we understand the impact this change has on service
prior to the start of the next term, so
would be very grateful if you could provide any feedback via the feedback
forum on the Student Computing Website, by
replying back to this email or emailing studentcomputing@warwick.ac.uk
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/its/ ... /residence
s/feedback/.
We will provide further updates regarding the recent performance issues on
the Student Computing website and we shall be sending out another email to
all residents of changes we have made over the easter and the plan ahead.
Regards,
Bee Mistry
- -Downloading torrents has been banned
-Access to DC++ has been banned
-Downloading .torrent files has been banned (!)
-Socks5 proxy access seems to be banned(?) or limitted (tried a couple that pass the WHOIS check)
P.S.: I like the capitalization in
Traffic Shaper