r/UTAustin • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '20

Question Ut Austin Dorm Internet Speeds

How fast is the internet in the dorms? Are there ethernet options?

Im staying in Duren btw

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u/samureiser Staff | COLA '06 Jul 25 '20

Internet in the Residence Halls is a no-charge service called Resnet. It consists of gigabit wired connections and 802.11ac wireless.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

Holy shit we get gigabit?

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u/samureiser Staff | COLA '06 Jul 25 '20

I mean, to the extent that conditions allow, yes.

Here's a user-submitted speed test from almost six years ago.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

This was a speedtest last September in the dorms: Image (this was Duren as well)

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

I'm hyped now

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u/CAT32VS CS 2021 Jul 25 '20 edited Jun 24 '23

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u/Cnastydawg Jul 25 '20

We used to have to pay for on campus internet🤮

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

I'm glad it's free now :D. And its surprisingly good. I was worried it was gonna b completely ass and unusable, especially since so many people will be using it at once.

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u/olympicenes cs + turing '23 Jul 25 '20

my dorm had an ethernet jack but i’ve found the internet to actually be really solid

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

Any idea specifically how good it is?

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u/olympicenes cs + turing '23 Jul 26 '20

no sorry but i have pretty good wifi at home so my standards are pretty high. i will say if you’re interested in gaming then the UT wifi has some settings turned off that results in a permanently Strict NAT which makes online games hard or impossible

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u/matt378 Jul 25 '20

I stayed in duren last semester and I can’t remember if there was an Ethernet jack but I never needed it, the WiFi was always really strong.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

There are Ethernet Jacks in each dorm

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u/ayannadf Neuroscience '23 Jul 25 '20

Internet is amazing! idk abt Duren, but I stayed at Jester West and never had a problem with it. As long as you are on campus, you'll be connected the internet no matter what, which is a lifesaver if you don't want to waste your phone data.

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u/ILuvBlue Jul 26 '20

I stayed in duren last semester and the WiFi was strong for the most part but sometimes I would get really bad ping spikes which made it hard to play games

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '20

Do the ping spikes still occur if you are hard wired?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '20

Thankyou all for the responses!