Roomie got an email

[Apac102]

Ok...thanks guys. He has his mind set on getting a new computer. Apparently, in our school newspaper, 10 other people on the campus are experiencing the same thing. I wanna say that they are "making an example" out of the 10 people including my roommate. I will keep you guys informed in what happens. I wanna say nothing more then just a slap on the wrist is what is going to happen....but you never know. Ill keep low for awhile. I deleted my sharing file and Im just going not dled anything for the rest of the year. Ill be ok, its my roomie who has problems.

[pimrusis]

Tell your roommate to switch the cable to the other data jack. Let the other guy deal with the RIAA.

[jasc]

^^I think Apac102 would be the "other guy."

[DeMoN]

If you are in a Dorm room, there is no way you can go about faking its not you. I remember here at my school, your ip was set, but not only that, your complete host name said which building you were and wat room,

something like rm202eXxx room 202 building e xxxx

Even if he buys another computer, rm202e will still be the same. Now if he had plugged his comp on another person's room, then the other person would have been held responsible. As things are now, he cant do anything.

For example, go to www.samspade.org and put your IP where it says IP WHOIS and see what comes up. First line will show your IP and your HOST name, your HOST name will include your room number or any other sort of identification to your exact location.

The case becomes even worse if your college does like my college. They make you register your MAC address... then, you cant even hide what you are doing even if you go to the library or a friends room.

[pimrusis]

Originally Posted by jasc ^^I think Apac102 would be the "other guy."

Twas a joke.

[gtx28]

You could try a few tricks some static ip addys arent static at all they only appear that way, and are assigned by a local routing device. Try releasing your ipaddress and renewing you may get lucky. When i lived in tampa i have experienced this several times with the same service carrier, granted thats different from a college campus but you never know where someone may have made a mistake in that network or gotten sloppy. Id also suggest putting a wireless router on the link. Preferably one using some kind of NAT (should be any of the common ones available if im not mistaken)your new addy on that pc should come up as an rfc 1918 class c addy like 192.168.1.3. If you showed this network to be open they couldnt prove you were 100% responsable. The yagi antenna i have on my pc can hit signals over a mile a way so there are a few loop holes there. good luck