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Student Wifi is garbage

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7springsprod
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So in my dorms there is a universal wifi network for all students to use. I'm not sure if there are multiple routers and whatnot but, I have a fine signal. like anywhere from 3-5 bars. I'm having a hell of a time receiving an internet signal for anywhere longer than 2 minutes. Every 2 minutes or so a yellow exclamation point pops up on my bars (still connected) and says "Limited: No internet access". I have to disconnect from the network and reconnect only to have the same thing happen in 30 seconds-2 minutes. I've contacted tech support and the guy says they put better antennas on and I am still having the same exact problem. Unfortunately there is no ethernet in my room but there is a phone jack.... This has been irritating me to no end and I can't figure out what to do. Would there be a way to create my own signal somehow? I see there are other wifi networks obviously not ran by the school such as "GET YOUR OWN WIFI". I can't use anything that connects to 3g/4g as I am in a town that does not get either of those.. This has really been irritating me.... Anyone that can help solve this problem gets +K and I will send some stickers.
Sep 11 2013 1:13AM
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7springsprod
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Forgot to add: I know it is not my equipment because I can connect to the student network perfectly elsewhere on campus.
Sep 11 2013 1:14AM
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Caleb.E
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Our interent is isnaly fast, downloaded a 8g game in like 3/4 hour
Sep 11 2013 1:30AM
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LiquorLanch
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I have tech school internet aka pages loa the second i click them sorry bro
Sep 11 2013 1:36AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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just get your own wifi
Sep 11 2013 1:37AM
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Caleb.E
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nice shit, i was super surprised on how fast it was, this is all wireless. I gues im paying for some thing
Sep 11 2013 1:37AM
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cydwhit
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Ya, you on uofi network? It's super fast, way better then my home internet
Sep 11 2013 1:51AM
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will_powder
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Mine is unreal. This is from earlier this week:

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Sep 11 2013 3:04AM
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DaveJ
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Mine is good but for a lot of my roomates it sucks
Sep 11 2013 3:12AM
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Ray.
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My schools wifi is pretty fast but it drops every 5 minutes like yours does. But we have ethernet ports so everyone plugs in their own router or plugs their computer directly. Youre kind of fucked in your room.
Sep 11 2013 6:53AM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
Chances are your computer Is the problem, irregardless of whether or not it works at home.
Sep 11 2013 7:40AM
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Lemuel
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Feel lucky, not 3 years ago when I was living in dorms we still had ethernet cords strung around the room.
Sep 11 2013 7:45AM
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eheath
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It's probably just because everyone is using it at the same time.

We had ethernet ports in all our dorms so we could bring our own router, it was nice, internet still wasn't particularly fast.
Sep 11 2013 7:53AM
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corona
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I wouldn't feel bad about using someone's wifi since it's just university internet and they're not paying for data or anything like that.


So now you need to do a tiny little bit of research and learn how to brute force WPA networks.

I'll give you a big hint: Aircrack.


But unless you're crazy good with computers and can develop your own dll's for your wireless cards, you need to use linux.
Sep 11 2013 8:06AM
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marsh.
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I had 99mb/s of download speed at uw-Madison last week before everyone got here. Fastest Internet I've ever seen
Sep 11 2013 8:42AM
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roddy116
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night time- 150mbps +

day time- 50 mbps

4-9 ish- >10 kbps
Sep 11 2013 11:00AM
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howlongcanausern
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sorry, probably shitty hardware/shitty configuration and an overwhelmed IT department

i would suspect you're not alone
Sep 11 2013 11:17AM
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MilaKunis
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Sep 11 2013 11:31AM
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cultrara
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The router for my dorm in in my room. I'm not sure how much a difference that makes, but my wifi is really fast.
Sep 11 2013 11:45AM
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Yaraelpoof.png
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where do you go to school?
Sep 11 2013 12:11PM
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CheddarJack
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My chrome is fucked up...

Safari:
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Chrome:
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I'm at UVM btw.
Sep 11 2013 1:00PM
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E__
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Sounds like my WiFi at home.
Sep 11 2013 1:28PM
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ABdrummer
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[URL=http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2960051590]Click for larger image[/URL]

As for your problem, I guess a bunch of people connecting keeps booting you off. Demand Ethernet access fer sure
Sep 11 2013 1:40PM
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act.resist
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same thing happens to my dorm's wifi, im pretty sure a lot of schools in certain areas have the same wifi as other schools. i.e. last year there was a mass shut down of the internet in michigan, UofM MSU CMU Wayne State - all of the school's wifi shut down including mine.

 i have a feeling that its a bigger error in the signals coming from the satellite because no one on campus can explain why its happening.
Sep 11 2013 1:47PM
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corona
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that's because your Chrome is going through a proxy. at least that's what it looks like. you probably used one at some point and never switched back. check your proxy settings.
Sep 11 2013 2:38PM
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eheath
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Satellite?

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Sep 11 2013 2:43PM
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act.resist
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whatever nonsensical thing runs wifi
Sep 11 2013 3:06PM
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Jesse.White
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Slow as balls[IMG]speedtest.net/result/2960744961.png[/IMG]
Sep 11 2013 8:22PM
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Steezy_P
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wifi was down almost all week so far... but then im like

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BAM

I AINT EVEN MAD
Sep 11 2013 8:24PM
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CheddarJack
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Just curious, what's ping?
Sep 11 2013 8:25PM
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act.resist
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no. does that make me stupid? no. all i really care about is getting a signal and connecting to the internet so i can study for my physics exam.
Sep 11 2013 8:34PM
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corona
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time it takes for the signal to travel from the server to your computer in milliseconds.
Sep 11 2013 8:45PM
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Mag
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The irony.
Sep 11 2013 8:45PM
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act.resist
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Sep 11 2013 8:46PM
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Mag
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Sep 11 2013 8:47PM
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act.resist
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Sep 11 2013 9:22PM
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