I just moved into a student dorm for a semester abroad, and beforehand I emailed them asking whether they had ethernet ports to plug my router into (I use it to connect all my devices, and for WiVRn VR streaming). They confirmed that I could, but now that I’m here the wifi login portal is asking me to accept these terms from the ISP, which forbid plugging in a router. There’s another clause that forbids “Disruptive Devices” entirely, defined as:

“Disruptive Device” means any device that prevents or interferes with our provision of the 4Wireless to other customers (such as a wireless access point such as wireless routers) or any other device used by you in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy;

So what are my options? I don’t think I can use this service without accepting the terms, but also I was told by the student dorm support that I could bring a router, which contradicts this.

  • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org
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    5 months ago

    psst

    Hey, kid, don’t tell anyone I told you about this

    *Lifts coat

    iodine
    https://code.kryo.se/iodine
    Description: tool for tunneling IPv4 data through a DNS server
    This is a piece of software that lets you tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS
    server. This can be usable in different situations where internet access is
    firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed.