[Nottingham] Setting up a router at uni

[Danny King]

Thanks for the heads up! Yes, I will be in University accommodation so
perhaps I'll have trouble connecting more than one machine. Maybe if I
sweet talk an admin they'll be lenient!

All very helpful, thanks!

2008/8/24 Graeme Fowler <graeme at graemef.net>:
> On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 14:02 +0100, Danny King wrote:
>> I'm going to be a Fresher at Durham Uni pretty soon and I'll be taking
>> a desktop, laptop and a server. Do you guys think it'd be worth
>> getting a router/firewall box for security?
>
> Easy answer: yes.
>
> Not so easy answer (which is a question): will you be in a hall of
> residence or college accommodation?
>
> If yes, you may be required not to "hide" machines behind a NAT router
> so that the IT services people can see how many devices there are
> connected to their network. You'll need to check the local policies
> which are in force to make sure you don't fall foul of them.
>
> Cue a howling storm of "take what you want, connect it where you want,
> they'll never find you" replies ;-)
>
> Graeme
>
>
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