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Students school admin in computer nightmares

======================================================================== OFF THE RECORD http://www.infoworld.com/ Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 ======================================================================== CLEVER STUDENTS MAKE HAPLESS ADMIN'S JOB A NIGHTMARE A computer admin at the school I attended bought a new proxy server to stop our file sharing. It was supposed to block "bad" Web sites in addition to filtering out some of the ports that P2P programs use. Trouble was, all we had to do was use a service such as Proxify to get around it. The whole student Internet service was set up poorly. It was on the same connection as the school's computers in the labs, so anytime students started to browse heavily in the dorms or on the campus wireless, all the computers suffered massive slowdown in bandwidth. The admin was supposed to tell everyone to change their TCP/IP settings so they'd input the IP Address of the proxy server. He left everyone in the dark about this, though, relying on word of mouth to get the job done. (This is the same guy who freaked out when he saw us running Linux on our laptops -- he claimed Linux was only for hackers. He urged us to stay away from it and just run Windows XP.) More of this blog at: http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3374443/205020998/127787/0/ ======================================================================== ***************** Sponsor ******************************* IMPROVE DOWNLOAD COMPLETION RATES Companies engaging in electronic software delivery (ESD) measure download completion rates as the key performance indicator for their ESD implementation. Download this whitepaper to learn more about a solution that enables software vendors to drastically improve download completion rates through increased speed, reliability, visibility and control. Sponsored by Akamai. http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/newsletter/13/40033315/ *********************************************************** DAILY NEWS, DELIVERED TO YOUR COMPUTER, MP3 PLAYER OR CELL PHONE The InfoWorld Daily podcast provides readers with up-to-the-minute news and features that shape the world of enterprise IT. Tom Sullivan reports on the leading news and events that shape the today's IT community. http://www.infoworld.com/weblog/podcasts/new_podcasts_index.html *********************************************************** Measuring Mobile Productivity. Companies must be able to measure productivity gains from mobile working. http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f6;2;7a33f;215f2;513;2ecd;c2 Financial Management Resource Center Register For SAP?s FM Resource Center. Optimize Working Capital Accelerate Cash Flow Improve Returns. http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f6;3;7a6e9;21660;513;2ecd;c2 ======================================================================== ADVERTISE To advertise, contact Gregg_Pinsky@infoworld.com. ======================================================================== UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS If you do not wish to continue to receive this newsletter, go to: http://www.infoworld.com/newsletter/newsletter-unsub.html Contact Customer Service at: customerservice@infoworld.com To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://www.infoworld.com/about/abt_prv.html Copyright (C) 2008 InfoWorld Media Group. 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107

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