UCI Housing Network and Cable TV Issues

Resnet's Reddit AMA

Joe — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:50:00 +0000

I came to know about an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit that UCI Resnet started. Apparently, Resnet wanted to keep this low-key. But then, somebody there asked about my blog, and I saw the blog hits, and went to check it out ;) Obviously, the Resnet p…

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Another CCA and UCI Resnet fail

Joe — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:11:00 +0000

It seems that Microsoft has updated their "Security Essentials" tool, and the Cisco Clean Access (nowadays called NAC) POS that Resnet forces on everybody in UCI Housing does not recognize it. This is of course not a surprise to anybody who knows how C…

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Upgraded Perl script to log into CCA/NAC

Joe — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:51:00 +0000

It has been 3.5 years since the last update to the Perl script to log into CCA. A kind soul recently fixed it to work with the current CCA installation at UCI Resnet. Grab it here. As always, know what you are doing and use at your own risk.

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UCI Resnet is back to being brain-dead

Joe — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:55:00 +0000

Way back in 2005, I wrote about UCI Resnet's completely brain-dead instructions to "set up" a router (actually, it would result in a complete screw up of the router.) Obviously, they haven't learned from that episode. They are now requiring the same b…

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UCI Resnet is as incompetent as ever

Joe — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:51:00 +0000

Apparently, UCI Resnet doesn't understand their own network... They seem to have some network performance issues, and instead of actually getting people who understand networks, they decided to just cap the bandwidth for everybody... Needless to say, t…

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Obama is President

Joe — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:06:00 +0000

He speaks the oath as I write this. What a great moment!

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CCA and Windows Internet Connection Sharing

Joe — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:59:00 +0000

Recently, I have learned that CCA apparently can not detect certain configurations of the Windows Internet Connection Sharing system. If the Internet Connection Sharing is working in NAT mode, only IP address translation is done, and multiple network c…

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Another CCA bypass program

Joe — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:34:00 +0000

People continue to be concerned about the privacy implications of an invasive system like CCA. That's why there continue to be a number of programs out there to bypass the CCA installation. Here is another one I have come across, which claims to be wo…

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