Campus wont let us have routers in Campus Broadband Chat http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14286251 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:17:49 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:17:49 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15369004 r81984 : to turn your router into a switch, just go into the router settings and turn off your dhcp server. Then plug your campus internet into the lan port and your computers into lan ports. Now it will just act as a switch. If your 360 and your computer are using the same mac address you most likely will have a conflict and it might red flag with your campus network people that their is a mac conflict.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15369004 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:21:11 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15350040 FordMxRacer : I got the 360 to work by manually inserting ip address, netmask address, mac address, and few other things it asks for but the problem is I have to use the cable I want for my computer so my question is will a switch make it possible for me to get on both consoles at the same time or is there a way to turn a router into a switch because I have one?

Ryan]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15350040 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:00:23 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15345366 FordMxRacer : How exactly do you mac spoof?

Thanks Ryan]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15345366 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:37:01 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15307684 plattypus1 : I replied to your PM, but I'll post here so others can get the benefit of the solution.

Get a router, and immediately disable DHCP. Then, register your PC normally, while it's connected to the wall. Get your PC's MAC address.

Now, disconnect the PC, plug in the router and set it up to do MAC spoofing, Type in your PC's address. Plug in your gaming consoles and game away.

This may affect your ability to access local resources, such as Windows File & Print Sharing fileshares or other things on your campus network, but the difference to your internet applications will be absolutely none.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15307684 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:54:31 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15294636 aviper9 : your best bet is to try to get in contact with the network and/or server groups at your university. Someone there runs the Cisco clean-access agent management system. Hopefully they can register additional mac addresses for you. Get the mac address of your xbox 360 and try to give it to the people that deal with the registration.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15294636 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:29:46 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15290966 FordMxRacer : Has anyone found the actual solution to fixing this because my roomate and I cant figure out how to get our 360 working online.

Ryan]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15290966 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:32:18 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15009751 maxkool : I don't know if you said if you have laptop or a desktop. But if you have a desktop running XP. get another NIC and run a crossover cable to from you consol to you PC. Then use XPs inernet Connection Sharing. The machine will act as a "router" more or less.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15009751 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:29:13 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14531638 Thespis :
quote:
I just logged into to it with the default password and did a bad firmware flash to brick it and prevent it from giving out ips again.

You couldn't have just turned off DHCP, huh? Or maybe just configured it correctly?
Sheesh!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14531638 Sat, 08 Oct 2005 10:51:29 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14504834 anon : A switch won't cause any problems; but it won't let "anyone" access the internet. You will still have to have every device MAC adress registered. If you get a router set up right; it will fix all of your problems.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14504834 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:04:19 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14504806 anon : Internet Connection Sharing is probably your cheapest solution. However; you have to have the serving computer on all of the time. Some linksys and D-Link routers have the ability to use a specified MAC adress. This is very helpful when you have to go through a MAC adress filter. However, even if you don't have one that can change the MAC adress; you can just give them the MAC adress of your router as if it was another one of your PC's. Your network administrator is right, it can effect some functionality of the system; however, (if they know their stuff) it should only limit your access to thier domain.

If you want to set up a router. Go to the command prompt and type "ipconfig /all" write down all of the information because you will need to manually enter it using your routers setup (http, telnet, ect.). Then either change the MAC adress of your router, or register the MAC adress with your admin; this should give you access to the internet with as many computers as you would like. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14504806 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:01:30 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14489408 rwong48 : At my campus we also have Cisco Clean Access Agent. In my room we have 4 ports and one guy's computer isn't even set up so I use one port for my desktop and one for my laptop. Cisco Clean Access Agent still allows me to log in to both (with the same username) at the same time, so that shouldn't be a problem.

I can see how a router can start problems, but I don't really understand how a switch can.

And I plan on bringing my Xbox soon and I have no idea how I will set this up :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14489408 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:21:06 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14478929 anon : So this will work with others too like Gamecube and PS2 as well as ps3/xbox2/revolution ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14478929 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:46:48 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437884 td4guy : At my school with Cisco Clean Access, you need to register your game console's MAC address so that you can play online. So just get your router's MAC address and register it with your network admins. Tell 'em that it's your Xbox's MAC address. That'll bypass the Clean Access Agent.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437884 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 04:37:28 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14385332 Skyrunner8 : could you not do Internet Connection Sharing through windows? Just buy a cheap NIC and your in buisness. I don't know how well this would work but it might.
--
-Jeff]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14385332 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:34:54 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14380818 anon : Oh good then if those 2 have it im sure nintendo revolution will give us that option too :) I want that one, esp now they showed their psycho coolness controler. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14380818 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:34:11 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14380116 AlkalineArmy :
said by AllSeeingEye :

So consoles have a thing to let u change it's mac address?
Yes, you can change the MAC address of the Xbox through the network configuration tool and you can change the MAC of the PS2 with the network setup disc.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14380116 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:52:37 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14372999 devicenull : That was a nice thing to do, destroy someones router, even though they are allowed on the network. Can I destroy your computer now because it's causing tcp/ip traffic?

Makes me happy that I'm planning on getting a box to run m0n0wall with a switch behind it]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14372999 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:59:53 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349704 anon : Well at my school, we just need to reg our mac adress (i belive we can do 2 computers) and then if u have windows use cisco clean access agent, So consoles have a thing to let u change it's mac address?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349704 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:53:43 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349142 plattypus1 : A lot of times these registration things require a web browser. I know UCR's resnet specifically says that they don't support PS/2's, even if you don't have a computer, because they can't log on to the web registration interface. (And because they're too lazy to actually manually register the cards.)

Having a router gets around this problem, as you only need one computer behind the router with a web browser to register the MAC.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349142 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:41:00 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14345665 r81984 : Why would they not let you have a router????? At purdue routers are recommended for multiple computers as each person only gets 1 dynamic ip address per student username. If you use xbox live or anything like that you will need a router at purdue.

When I was in the dorms we found someone hooked up their router wrong, and it was giving us 192 ips. I just logged into to it with the default password and did a bad firmware flash to brick it and prevent it from giving out ips again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14345665 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:20:07 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14345484 AlkalineArmy : Another easy alternative is to change the MAC address of the consoles to MAC address of your computer. This way, you just plug the ethernet into whatever device you want to use.

Alternatively, you could buy a cheap switch, then hook up your PC with one MAC and give both the consoles the same MAC and then just hook whichever one you plan on using online. This is assuming that they let you register two MACs.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14345484 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:44:26 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14316301 anon : It goes by the mac address.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14316301 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:41:56 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14316297 anon : Well they say they let you have 2 computers registered. But i know mac and linux ppl dont have to have cisco clean access agent. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14316297 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:41:12 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14313904 plattypus1 : Switches won't actually work in most places, it sounds like they make you log your MAC to your student username or room number or some such device to prevent you from using more than one box.

You CAN in fact utilize a router on the network. It is technically possible, though if it's against your AUP you're on your own. MAKE DEAD CERTAIN that you disable the local DHCP server on the router. Then, connect it to your dorm network and log in normally, it should see the MAC of the router, register it as a single computer, and you're good.

I also had a situation when I lived in the dorms with an idiot with a Linksys router who didn't disable the DHCP server. Didn't knock anyone off the network, but the broadcast traffic pushed half the hall over their 5GB quota. So your resnet guys aren't lying to you. The average person with a router will screw up their network.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14313904 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:00:33 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14313881 anon : I dont know because ive never had an internet enabled console before (my last was a nintendo 64 back in 99 yes laugh at me now)but plan to get one of the next gens]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14313881 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:58:09 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14311575 anon : But then how do i deal with cisco clean access agent, or will consoles just log in and use my computer's mac addys?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14311575 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:18:20 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14309933 jer2eydevil8 : In my building some idiot hooked up a router incorrectly and it acted a dhcp server to anyone on the same switch. Basically this meant everyone on our floor couldn't access the internet for a good 3 hours. Fortunatly they weren't smart enough to actually password protect the device so while it took 3 hours for campus IT to shut off the jack it only took me 3 minutes to get the MAC and IP for router to the right people.

Anyways... I should probably get on subject.. so then any switch/hub will work but you probably want to buy at least a 10/100 switch which if you get it off newegg.com is currently only $25 minus a $10 rebate makes it $15 plus shipping.
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···33124005

:-) or you could just run to best buy and spend $30 - $50 on one if you hate online shopping.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14309933 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 05:36:42 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14308627 anon : What kind of switch? Sorry i dont know this kinda stuff, ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14308627 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:08:23 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14304591 Nate425 : Get a switch?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14304591 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:54:49 EDT Re: Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14300256 anon : Routers can indeed cause serious network problems, depending upon how they're configured.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14300256 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:40:14 EDT Campus wont let us have routers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14286251 anon : My campus has resnet and Cisco Clean Access Agent in order to login to the connection if you are on windows. They dont let us run routers because they say is screws the network up (lies?) so how can i split my connection, without them getting on me about routers. I want to get one of those next generation consoles like xbox360 and nintendo revolution and want ability to do some gaming. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14286251 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 13:59:01 EDT