I agree. This is such a waste of time. Plus, how does he know that he'll be first in line? It would be funny if someone came up the day they started selling tickets and walked up to the counter before him.
Well the thing is that we live in Apartments, so they can't come in unless we give them permission to do so (which only idiots would do:) ). I would assume that they will use some sort of radio direction finder to trace the signal back to an Apartment. But the only thing they can do legally is knock on the door and ask the person to turn it off.
Funny thing is that I got into WPI, but decided to go to UTD instead, because it was closer to home and bigger....that's not the point though.
We do not have wired internet access here in the Apartments. Students are paying for a Comcast/SBC connection, and setting up a wireless AP for that. It really helps to read the documents that have been provided for you in the original post.
We do not have wired access to the University Network. The only access that we have to the Network is Wireless. The APs that they are wanting to shutting down are ones that are set up for use with our own private paid for Internet connection from Comcast/SBC.
You are correct that if these APs aren't set up properly, others could use them in a malicious way. I'm sure this is happening in a few cases. However since we do not live in Dorms, the University isn't responsible for that kind of activity. The responsibility rests with the user who sets up the AP.
We do not have Dorms here at UTD. The only on-campus housing is Apartments. For the Freshmen, this consists of 4 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms, a Kitchen, and Living room. This is just a tad bigger than a 10x12 Dorm, so it is nice to have Wireless from a private Internet connection. Stringing cables across the Apt. is a hassle, and possibly against the Fire Code. (We are not allowed to have Extension Cords of any sort).
In addition, the Apartments are NOT owned by the University. They simply own the land that they are built on.
Ha.
You have a good point though, I think. This is going to be bad press for the University at some point (I HOPE!). Right now UTD is growing fast, and trying to achieve Tier 1 Research Status. In the near future they hope to become one of the Flagship Universities within the State of Texas. Something like this will NOT help them promote the school.
We do not have Dorms here at UTD. The housing here is provided in the form of Apartments. There is no wired access to the Apartments.
If the owners of a 4 Bedroom Apartment were to subscribe to get a Comcast/SBC DSL connection, the best way for them to share it would be to set up their own Wireless Network. This is what many have done.
There are various reason as to why some people use their connection. My roommate last year got his own connection because the Wireless was too unstable for him, and he wanted to get better upload speeds. Others use their own Connection to host sites, get a faster, and more stable connection, some want a private IP, and the list goes on...
The University owns the land on which the Apartments were built. First Worthing owns Waterview Park, which run the Apartments. I agree, that if they changed the contract, then they could restrict the use of APs, just like the prevent us from using Candles. BUT there isn't anything about APs in the contract... yet.
The thing is that we do not live in Dorms. We live in Apartments which are not owned by the University. The land they are on however is. So as to who exactly is in charge, it's a bit murky at best. But, the University has no direct controll over the Apartments. The can plead with us all they want, but they can't really shut down our APs.
Actually, it's not quite as simple. There is NO wired access to the University Network. The only access that they provide is through the Wireless Network.
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I agree. This is such a waste of time. Plus, how does he know that he'll be first in line? It would be funny if someone came up the day they started selling tickets and walked up to the counter before him.
Good Luck to him though, I hope he doesn't die.
Yes they were. The FCC Rules were taped to the door of the IR Department Head. ...this among other things made them change their policy.
You do realize that this isn't what the students were doing here at UTD, right?
Well the thing is that we live in Apartments, so they can't come in unless we give them permission to do so (which only idiots would do :) ). I would assume that they will use some sort of radio direction finder to trace the signal back to an Apartment. But the only thing they can do legally is knock on the door and ask the person to turn it off.
Funny thing is that I got into WPI, but decided to go to UTD instead, because it was closer to home and bigger. ...that's not the point though.
We do not have wired internet access here in the Apartments. Students are paying for a Comcast/SBC connection, and setting up a wireless AP for that. It really helps to read the documents that have been provided for you in the original post.
We do not have wired access to the University Network. The only access that we have to the Network is Wireless. The APs that they are wanting to shutting down are ones that are set up for use with our own private paid for Internet connection from Comcast/SBC. You are correct that if these APs aren't set up properly, others could use them in a malicious way. I'm sure this is happening in a few cases. However since we do not live in Dorms, the University isn't responsible for that kind of activity. The responsibility rests with the user who sets up the AP.
We do not have Dorms here at UTD. The only on-campus housing is Apartments. For the Freshmen, this consists of 4 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms, a Kitchen, and Living room. This is just a tad bigger than a 10x12 Dorm, so it is nice to have Wireless from a private Internet connection. Stringing cables across the Apt. is a hassle, and possibly against the Fire Code. (We are not allowed to have Extension Cords of any sort). In addition, the Apartments are NOT owned by the University. They simply own the land that they are built on.
Ha. You have a good point though, I think. This is going to be bad press for the University at some point (I HOPE!). Right now UTD is growing fast, and trying to achieve Tier 1 Research Status. In the near future they hope to become one of the Flagship Universities within the State of Texas. Something like this will NOT help them promote the school.
We do not have Dorms here at UTD. The housing here is provided in the form of Apartments. There is no wired access to the Apartments. If the owners of a 4 Bedroom Apartment were to subscribe to get a Comcast/SBC DSL connection, the best way for them to share it would be to set up their own Wireless Network. This is what many have done. There are various reason as to why some people use their connection. My roommate last year got his own connection because the Wireless was too unstable for him, and he wanted to get better upload speeds. Others use their own Connection to host sites, get a faster, and more stable connection, some want a private IP, and the list goes on...
The University owns the land on which the Apartments were built. First Worthing owns Waterview Park, which run the Apartments. I agree, that if they changed the contract, then they could restrict the use of APs, just like the prevent us from using Candles. BUT there isn't anything about APs in the contract ... yet.
The thing is that we do not live in Dorms. We live in Apartments which are not owned by the University. The land they are on however is. So as to who exactly is in charge, it's a bit murky at best. But, the University has no direct controll over the Apartments. The can plead with us all they want, but they can't really shut down our APs.
Actually, it's not quite as simple. There is NO wired access to the University Network. The only access that they provide is through the Wireless Network.