The Student Technology Support Service allows students living in campus residence halls the opportunity to connect to the Internet at any time without tying up telephone lines.
Residents are able to register for classes, check E-mail, and access the Web from their own rooms.
There are two types of modems installed, Zenith and Cisco. With the Cisco systems modems, you will be assigned an IP address dynamically. As the semester progresses, this schedule will be updated to reflect the current state of modem installation. This type of Ethernet card, which may have to be installed on a Windows machine and is built in to most Macintoshes, is usually referred to as a 10BaseT Ethernet card. 3Com and SMC brand Ethernet cards are recommended if installation is required.