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Connecting your Computer to the Network

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All members, faculty and their partners are permitted to connect a network device to the Mathematics Network provided they read the Institute Web Use Policy. If you are running Linux, FreeBSD, or another UNIX Variant, you must follow the following UNIX guidelines.

The Mathematics Network uses 100BaseT Ethernet. 802.11 Wireless is also supported in various locations around campus including Simonyi and Fuld Hall.

Connecting your machine to the network is a painfree experience (hopefully). All you must do is register with the network group by visiting this registration page. (Follow the link marked register) You will be required to provide your machines MAC address. To find out what your machines MAC address is, click here.

If you do not have a network card (PCMCIA) for your laptop, we will loan you one, subject to availability
USB Network Devices are also available. These devices have been tested to work with Linux and Windows.

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Note: Do not use a cable connected to the Sun Ray port to connect your laptop because it is on a different Network and therefore you will not be able to connect to the Internet.

Printing


Printing to Department Printers is supported from connected machines. Please see Printer Documentation for printer names and locations.

File Access


File Access is provided by the use of scp. For information on using scp, please see this FAQ Microsoft Windows Clients will be able to access their files directly in the near future (Fall 2001), we will update this page when file access is available.

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