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I’m staying in a university hostel, and the Wi-Fi is extremely restrictive. A lot of websites and services don’t work at all, while other sites work normally.
The biggest problem is that cellular data is very weak where I live, so I can’t reliably use mobile data as an alternative. I’m also not able to call my family regularly because social media apps and video-calling services are blocked on the hostel Wi-Fi.
I’ve already tried quite a few things:
Proton VPN: doesn’t even load/connect properly.
Cloudflare DNS: 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1 — no difference.
Google DNS: 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 — no difference.
System DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH): tried this as well — no difference.
GoodbyeDPI: doesn’t work.
DPI bypass for HTTPS: tried the different options.
Several other DPI-bypass applications: none worked.
Cloudflare WARP: doesn’t work/connect either.
I’m on Windows.
The hostel network appears to be a managed/private network. Windows originally showed an IP around 172.18.x.x, gateway around 172.18.0.100, and a local DNS server (192.168.5.51). I also tried changing DNS to Cloudflare and Google, but that didn’t help, and I’ve since restored the DNS settings to automatic.
At this point I’m guessing the filtering is happening at the gateway/firewall level rather than just DNS. It may also be blocking VPN protocols or VPN endpoints, or using some kind of DPI.
I’ve tried a lot of the usual solutions, so I’m wondering:
Has anyone dealt with a university/hostel network this restrictive? Is there a reliable way to get around this kind of filtering, or a way to diagnose exactly what they’re blocking?
I’m particularly interested in solutions that work on Windows when normal DNS changes, DoH, VPNs, WARP, GoodbyeDPI, and other DPI-bypass tools don’t work.
I’m not trying to do anything malicious — I mainly want normal internet access and, importantly, to be able to video/audio call my family, since mobile coverage/data isn’t a reliable alternative here.

I’m staying in a university hostel, and the Wi-Fi is extremely restrictive. A lot of websites and services don’t work at all, while other sites work normally.
The biggest problem is that cellular data is very weak where I live, so I can’t reliably use mobile data as an alternative. I’m also not able to call my family regularly because social media apps and video-calling services are blocked on the hostel Wi-Fi.
I’ve already tried quite a few things:
Proton VPN: doesn’t even load/connect properly.
Cloudflare DNS: 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1 — no difference.
Google DNS: 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 — no difference.
System DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH): tried this as well — no difference.
GoodbyeDPI: doesn’t work.
DPI bypass for HTTPS: tried the different options.
Several other DPI-bypass applications: none worked.
Cloudflare WARP: doesn’t work/connect either.
I’m on Windows.
The hostel network appears to be a managed/private network. Windows originally showed an IP around 172.18.x.x, gateway around 172.18.0.100, and a local DNS server (192.168.5.51). I also tried changing DNS to Cloudflare and Google, but that didn’t help, and I’ve since restored the DNS settings to automatic.
At this point I’m guessing the filtering is happening at the gateway/firewall level rather than just DNS. It may also be blocking VPN protocols or VPN endpoints, or using some kind of DPI.
I’ve tried a lot of the usual solutions, so I’m wondering:
Has anyone dealt with a university/hostel network this restrictive? Is there a reliable way to get around this kind of filtering, or a way to diagnose exactly what they’re blocking?
I’m particularly interested in solutions that work on Windows when normal DNS changes, DoH, VPNs, WARP, GoodbyeDPI, and other DPI-bypass tools don’t work.
I’m not trying to do anything malicious — I mainly want normal internet access and, importantly, to be able to video/audio call my family, since mobile coverage/data isn’t a reliable alternative here.

need some help w it, pls dm