Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Getting Connected to the Colgate Network

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Colgate University provides both wired and wireless connections to the network. Every residential room has 1 Ethernet port per person and wireless is available through out campus.

Wireless, while it is available through out campus, is still considered a supplement to an Ethernet connection. Colgate just installed a new wireless system that will provide students with high speed connections to the network.

To connect using wireless follow these instructions: http://wiki.colgate.ed

Registering Your MAC Address

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The Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to network cards. It's important to register your MAC address so you can use Ethernet through out the campus.

For instructions on looking up your MAC address for a your type of computer go to the Colgate wiki.colgate.edu.

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