Download Limitations

[duryodhan]

My college LAN has put a ridiculous limitation of 10 Mb on all downloads. Due to this I am unable to even get Zone Alarm Updates. Or JDK Mustang also i
I have a few questions
1> As my download manager downloads in threads of 10 how is the Admin able to block download. For e.g Zone Alarm arnd 11 MB dowload in 10 threads each should be accessible.
2> How do I bypass this ? Any thoughts? Maybe through a specific download manager setting (like dowlnoad only a thread at a time) ...

 

[blemoine]

if it is set at the firewall your network admin may be able to either allow you bigger downloads or take the restrictions off so you can update your zonealarm.

 

[spidey07]

I'd call the school. While download limitations are a good thing and should be used by every university/network - 10 megabytes is way too harsh.

They track it by IP address and the physical port you are plugged into. Or if using a proxy they track by your username.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Talk to the admin.

 

[FreshPrince]

10MB for each file or 10MB total internet data access?

both are too small, but the 2nd is just crazy!

 

[duryodhan]

10 MB for each file. If 10Mb total internet access I would have gotten my own net connection even if its on satphone
Anyways thanks all. I think I will talk to the Admin but I don't think that will do much .... And you didn't answer my first query