pesky Resnet...

[Rogue5]

OK, at my school, apparently it's not allowed to have multiple computers running per student, but I just got a second machine all set up to run SETI.
my question is this;
if I run my connection to a hub with an uplink port, and then use two other ports to run to my two machines, can they somehow detect this?
if so, would a router or switch do the trick inconspicuously?

I know SETI would be less likely to be noticed because it's net access is quick and infrequent, but how would the story change if I were to try running a Game Server? it seems like that would be easier to spot.

Thanks for any help!

 

[gistech1978]

the switch would probably give both comps seperate IPs
using a router might stop that from happening.
but you could just plug your seti box for a few minutes to d/l some WUs, let it crunch offline and plug it back into to upload once a week or whenever.

 

[kamper]

does your resnet have windows filesharing? you'd have a hard time getting that working again if you put a router in between

you could also put two ethernet cards in your main rig, one to connect to resnet and one for a seperate lan with your other comp

it seems to me that the issue wouldn't be the traffic that either machine produces that would get caught, it would be the DHCP leases. You probably couldn't
get both computers on the actual resnet without either permission or 2 userid/passwords.

gistech: I'm guessing it would probably be a hassle to unplug one machine and then plug in the other temporarily because, after the initial installation, dhcp authentication is probably done by MAC address.

All I've said is just so much speculation, though, because I've never tried any of it before good luck and tell us what you get worked out because I've wondered about the router solution before

 

[GunDog]

ICS might do the trick. 2 nics in the system thats connected to the network. I *think* you would still be using 1 ip address on the network. Have never used ICS but it stands to reason it would work like that. Again, I've never used ICS so I might be barking up the wrong tree.

I use a 4 port router and a 16 port hub. 9 systems vs 4 ports= no worky to good LOL

Force

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: GunDog
ICS might do the trick. 2 nics in the system thats connected to the network. I *think* you would still be using 1 ip address on the network. Have never used ICS but it stands to reason it would work like that. Again, I've never used ICS so I might be barking up the wrong tree.

I use a 4 port router and a 16 port hub. 9 systems vs 4 ports= no worky to good LOL

Force

Yup I'm pretty sure ICS uses a single IP address

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: GunDog
ICS might do the trick. 2 nics in the system thats connected to the network. I *think* you would still be using 1 ip address on the network. Have never used ICS but it stands to reason it would work like that. Again, I've never used ICS so I might be barking up the wrong tree.

I use a 4 port router and a 16 port hub. 9 systems vs 4 ports= no worky to good LOL

Force

Yup I'm pretty sure ICS uses a single IP address

It does since the host machine acts as the residential internet gateway since all the net requests have to run through it.

-Por

 

[JonB]

If your Resnet is like my son's (UT - Austin), they registered his MAC address on first connect. If he changed NICs or computers that in any way changed the MAC that the managed switches could see, his connection would go dead.

To use a router, he had to use one that could clone the MAC, but he had to do that while disconnected from the RJ-45 connector. Once cloned, he could plug back in and the switch would be none the wiser.

Could they tell? Sure, if they used a packet sniffer to look at the ports being opened and used for HTTP traffic, but that was just if they suspected something. (like way too much bandwidth too often).

ICS should also work. You could even use firewire or usb networking if you didn't want to add a second NIC to the main PC.

 

[Rogue5]

Well for now I've just got the hub running with the two computers off of it. They haven't said anything yet, and a friend of mine has been running a similar setup all year without any problems. Perhaps they aren't too perceptive (knock on wood), I'm going to try and leave it this way for now. If they do get wise to it I'll probably give the two Network cards a try, I think I have a spare one around here somewhere so I may give that a shot anyways.

Thanks