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My university did this and it was great for me as a student. I bought an old workstation from surplus and put it on my dorm room desk as a server. I got to play
by spiffytech 3y ago
My university did this and it was great for me as a student. I bought an old workstation from surplus and put it on my dorm room desk as a server. I got to play around a lot with of tech stuff that would have otherwise been out of reach because $5 VPS didn't really exist yet.
- ProllyInfamous 3y ago>old workstation from surplus and put it on my dorm room desk as a server. Our dorm did this, with competitions to see "who could upload the most torrent traffic" [i2hub fiber between universities was just becoming popular]. Eventually the MAC address would be blacklisted, and all you'd need to do is replace the NIC and you'd immediately be "back in business." >I got to play around a lot with of tech stuff that would have otherwise been out of reach Memories, and it goes by so quickly (my ranting is from two decades ago). Then life gets serious =P
- hyc_symas 3y agoReplacing the NIC sounds expensive, on a college student budget. You could've just reprogrammed the MAC EEPROM, no?