Thelonious_Monk
08-28-2005, 02:14 PM
I have a question for all of you techies. Ok, so I attend Georgia State University in Atlanta. Also, I live here in the University housing which has internet/tv service provided by purdigital.net.
I've been trying to download CDs over bittorent clients such as Azureus. Also, I've tried downloading single tracks from LimeWire but, no luck. LimeWire finds search results but when I try to download them, it can't connect and then says "Need more sources" even when there are 100+ peers.
Azureus gives me a notification saying "Port 6881 has been reserved, bla bla bla." It seems that the University has blocked this port because most or all file-sharing programs use this port.
My roommate has a laptop with built-in wireless and he says that he can just walk around campus with LimeWire open and downloading. So how is he able to connect to LimeWire on wireless, but I can't on ethernet.
Does anyone know a way around this block/restriction? When I was at home during the summer, I was downloading around 10 CDs per week and occasionally some movies and programs. I've tried using an HTTP proxy from Mexico that I use sometimes when I get banz0red from forums, but again, no luck with that either.
Here is the email that Pur Digital sent to me:
Dear PurDigital Subscriber,
In recent days we have received numerous complaints from the Business
Software Alliance, Media Sentry, and others related to the illegal
distribution of copyrighted material thru various peer-to-peer
programs which include Gnutella, KazAa and BitTorrent.
To control this abuse situation, we will be implementing stringent
controls over peer-to-peer services on our network at the GSU Village
and GSU Lofts in coming days. These changes will not affect your
ability to send or receive email or your ability to surf the Internet.
We thank you in advance for your understanding and remind you that it
is illegal to download or share copyright-protected material without
appropriate licensing rights.
Sincerely,
Lynn Hall
I've been trying to download CDs over bittorent clients such as Azureus. Also, I've tried downloading single tracks from LimeWire but, no luck. LimeWire finds search results but when I try to download them, it can't connect and then says "Need more sources" even when there are 100+ peers.
Azureus gives me a notification saying "Port 6881 has been reserved, bla bla bla." It seems that the University has blocked this port because most or all file-sharing programs use this port.
My roommate has a laptop with built-in wireless and he says that he can just walk around campus with LimeWire open and downloading. So how is he able to connect to LimeWire on wireless, but I can't on ethernet.
Does anyone know a way around this block/restriction? When I was at home during the summer, I was downloading around 10 CDs per week and occasionally some movies and programs. I've tried using an HTTP proxy from Mexico that I use sometimes when I get banz0red from forums, but again, no luck with that either.
Here is the email that Pur Digital sent to me:
Dear PurDigital Subscriber,
In recent days we have received numerous complaints from the Business
Software Alliance, Media Sentry, and others related to the illegal
distribution of copyrighted material thru various peer-to-peer
programs which include Gnutella, KazAa and BitTorrent.
To control this abuse situation, we will be implementing stringent
controls over peer-to-peer services on our network at the GSU Village
and GSU Lofts in coming days. These changes will not affect your
ability to send or receive email or your ability to surf the Internet.
We thank you in advance for your understanding and remind you that it
is illegal to download or share copyright-protected material without
appropriate licensing rights.
Sincerely,
Lynn Hall