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Hello everyone, I am a college student who currently is unable to play an online game on my Ps3 due to a P2P blocker. I have contacted the ITS department at my university, and would like anyone else's insight if possible on how to bypass it legally so that I can play with my friends. If ITS rejects doing anything, is there anything else I can do? Thanks guys.

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Campus network blocks are usually policy controls, not criminal-law judgments. That means the fastest legal route is an administrative fix: get ITS to whitelist the specific traffic or make a temporary exception rather than trying to hide or tunnel the connection. ’s situation will be resolved much more safely with documented permission than by using an undocumented workaround.

Practical, low-risk steps:

  1. Locate the university Acceptable Use Policy and the official network-exception process. Note any clauses about tunneling or modifying campus equipment.
  2. Gather diagnostics to include with a request: whether the PS3 is on campus Wi‑Fi or wired, PS3 NAT type and any error codes/messages, exact game title and servers (timestamps help). This lets ITS reproduce the problem instead of issuing a blanket “no.”
  3. Submit a single, focused support request that lists the device (MAC address), diagnostics, and the exact change sought (temporary whitelist for the game’s servers or a NAT adjustment for a given MAC). Ask for a written confirmation if granted.
  4. If ITS refuses, ask for alternatives: a scheduled maintenance window, a wired lab/ dorm port, or a departmental exception for a specific event.

Notes and cautions: is correct that the outcome depends on why ITS blocks the traffic. ’s point that people commonly try to reroute traffic is also reflected in practice — but unauthorized circumvention can violate campus rules and lead to loss of network access or other sanctions. Reasoned documentation and an exception request are the legal, durable path. Include the technical diagnostics above when escalating so ITS can act without guessing.

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It would depend on the circumstance.

If the IT department rejected due to a breach of policy, then it is "illegal".

If they rejected due to not wanting to take care of it (Lazy) you can possible find other methods.

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Setup a Router with DD-WRT. Use any of the 3rd party, OpenVPN providers. You can configure DD-wrt to always use a Remote VPN. The only thing your IT would see are outbound packets to the VPN provider and nothing else.

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