Re: Student Side Ports

["Boyd, Daniel" <dboyd () BERRY EDU>]

The same here...  we don't allow inbound traffic without an corresponding outbound request for it, but do very little 
to restrict gaming and have also tweaked our network to help along some of the more fragile game frameworks.  I can 
handle 100% of our students playing typical games that relay position and status information back to a server, MMORPGs 
for example, but what I can't handle is 100% of them streaming NetFlix, Amazon, or Hulu and the like, so here we say, 
"Game on!"  (As long as they all don't try to update their game files at the same time...)

Dan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Connelly [mailto:Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU] 
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: Student Side Ports

Kevin Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Jason Rinne <rinnej () moval edu> wrote:
>
>   
> > Now that our bandwidth has increased more users are jumping back on our network.  As a result I am getting a lot of 
> > requests to open ports for online gaming.
> > What is your policy on opening ports on the student side for gaming or other applications?
> >     
>
> A lot of folks have chimed in but they've not said what I consider the 
> magic words. Are these inbound ports or outbound ports?
>   

No, they didn't.  We don't allow inbound SYNs to our resnet, but don't restrict gaming outbound much at all.  In fact, 
we have done a few things to make a couple of poor performers better.  Yes, Blizzard, I'm talking about you!

- ken
> kmw
>
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> Network Infrastructure and Control Systems Appalachian State 
> University
> Email: wilcoxkm () appstate edu
> Office: 828.262.6259
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