I am a University student in Malaysia, I live in the campus hostel, the university provides cable network. I am new in networking so I don't know what kind of network it is, but there's a network socket in my room, I have a cable that connect my computer with it and I gain network access. They block P2P, so hostel occupant cannot use P2P software. I have some questions to ask about the networks. First, is the what they call LAN (Local Area Network) or does it works like ISP or something else? Second, what method they use to block P2P?