Let me start off saying I use an Ethernet cable plugged into the dorm wall.
My campus is blocking ports, preventing me from playing Battlefield 4. The specific port is 3659, but according to a IT guy I have befriended he told me that of course the ports are being blocked, and unless it is forwarded to me directly it will not work. Chances are that is not going to happen. He therefore suggested without 100% confidence that if I were to buy my own router, that it may be able to bypass the firewall and all ports would be available. I called my IT friend I met online and he told me that it will not work because the router still has to go through the campus Internet since I am in a dorm.
Therefore, will buying my own router allow me to play and ports be unblocked, or would the router still have to go through campus firewall and thus make no change?
-Thank you
My campus is blocking ports, preventing me from playing Battlefield 4. The specific port is 3659, but according to a IT guy I have befriended he told me that of course the ports are being blocked, and unless it is forwarded to me directly it will not work. Chances are that is not going to happen. He therefore suggested without 100% confidence that if I were to buy my own router, that it may be able to bypass the firewall and all ports would be available. I called my IT friend I met online and he told me that it will not work because the router still has to go through the campus Internet since I am in a dorm.
Therefore, will buying my own router allow me to play and ports be unblocked, or would the router still have to go through campus firewall and thus make no change?
-Thank you
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