I "stole" ethernet at UMBC by running a wire from a dorm with Ethernet to my dorm, and even provided access to others via a linux box with ip masquerading.
When UCS (university computing services) found out, they laughed about it, but Res Life didnt. UMBC is not the greatest, but I think that OSU needs to lighten up a bit. All I had to do was some community service, there wasn't even police involvement when I was cought.
Yes there are other people out there doing this (or have done this). I'm known around campus as "that guy that ran the wire". It sends the message to the university that they need to get with the times. UMBC attempts to boast its "image" by saying it is advanced in technical areas... but didn't even have the dorms wired, and yes we had a crappy PBX system too.
Fortunately, the dorms and some appartments are wired now. I didn't want to have to set up a wireless adapter and hide it in the library. I think OSU seems to be a little harsh on the whole subject.
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I "stole" ethernet at UMBC by running a wire from a dorm with Ethernet to my dorm, and even provided access to others via a linux box with ip masquerading.
When UCS (university computing services) found out, they laughed about it, but Res Life didnt. UMBC is not the greatest, but I think that OSU needs to lighten up a bit. All I had to do was some community service, there wasn't even police involvement when I was cought.
Yes there are other people out there doing this (or have done this). I'm known around campus as "that guy that ran the wire". It sends the message to the university that they need to get with the times. UMBC attempts to boast its "image" by saying it is advanced in technical areas... but didn't even have the dorms wired, and yes we had a crappy PBX system too.
Fortunately, the dorms and some appartments are wired now. I didn't want to have to set up a wireless adapter and hide it in the library. I think OSU seems to be a little harsh on the whole subject.