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Student / Faculty Bandwidth Usage Policy
The Lees McRae College internet connections are first and foremost dedicated to meeting the academic mission of the college.
The following policies have been created with student research in mind.
File Sharing
The Lees-McRae College student/faculty internet connection is for academic use only. To make the most efficient use of the bandwidth available file sharing programs (Kazaa, Limewire, Gnutella, etc.) have been blocked or in some cases set to very low bandwidth.
Gaming
The Lees-McRae College network uses a packet shaper that detects traffic based on the application rather than port, as a standard firewall would. Because of this detection we must wait for the company to release a policy for any new gaming service. If the policy is available the college will open up a limited portion of bandwidth to a gaming service. This piece of the bandwidth is shared with other games so performance will vary.
