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this whole year ive been downloading torrents through my college dorms internet connection but recently ive been having a lot of problems with downloading torrents. If i can get a .torrent file, it works just fine when i open it with Transmission but the problem is actually downloading the .torrent file. I think the university put up some sort of block. any advise to get around that?
maybe a proxy? or instead of just clicking on the torrent link try right-clicking it and save-as so that you have a choice. might work for you
What does it say when you attempt to download a file, or does it just refuse to make any progress downloading?
Some Options you have if torrenting is blocked:
1) Remote desktop a machine at your home connection and download whatever you want and ftp it over to your machine at college.
2) Purchase a seedbox (can be a cheap one for around $15) and download what ever your looking for, then ftp it to your machine at college.
3) Purchase your own personal internet for your dorm room. (I would suggest this anyway as the college admin's have access to what ever you look at on the internet)
4) Most anonymous option...Remote vpn with your own internet connection running to your dorm.
If your looking to spend absolutely no money, and don't plan on hosting a machine on your home internet connection... I would advise alternative file-sharing methods.
Rapidshare, megaupload, and hotfile sharing sites. (such as www.warez-bb.org)
*To use any rapidshare site you will most likely end up wanting to buy a premium rapidshare account costing around 6.99 euros. (but by all means not mandatory)
just save it as a .txt
Trackers tend not to like proxies.Quote:
Originally Posted by m477h3w
If you're able to save the .torrent as a .txt file or download it over SSL, do that.
I miss read his post, I thought he was having problems actually downloading the file, which is when the college isn't messing around lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by cinephilia
Demonoid would be a good option for you. Its a private tracker (well sort of) and lets you download either .txt or .torrent.
Although I would still recomend buying your own internet connection as the college can monitor what you do, which is BS
TorrentBytes lets you download .torrents over SSL, which should also bypass the block. And I think most if not all Gazelle trackers let you get them as text files, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tv Controls you
ask a friend not from college to give you the torrent :P
what cinephilia said should work
Using your own account of course, which can lead to problems if your friend also has an account on the site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ice10UFO
honestly man downloading from a college dorm is just a generally bad. I know at my school if they catch you they just strip you of
your internet priviledges and wont let you access their network the first time you are caught. I also have a friend in another school
who is actually the head of the dept in charge of catching people doing stuff like that and they have a similar process.
In other words most schools check for this stuff and can get you in major trouble for doing it so i'd suggest stopping until you get
out of the dorm. Honestly can you think of a better way to get caught pirating than doing it on a network that is constantly
monitored (if its an accredited university) by an entity funded with the states money. Are you trying to get caught or did you just
not think it through very well?