This fall, all four of the residence hall buildings will be wired for Ethernet. Each person will have a 10Mbps switched Ethernet connection in his or her dorm room. The IDF will split to the closets, one on each wing on each floor, with a 100 megabit UTP feed. Each room will have one jack per occupant via a 10 megabit UTP feed. The ports will be switched to ensure a secure connection.
Users are responisble for any traffic that comes through their port while they are logged in.
ResNet is a secure system that will allow students to log in and access the campus servers and the web in order to further their studies. The only protocol that is permitted on this network is IP, using any other protocols will not work. Once authenticated, the computer will able to connect to the Internet. For more information on the Security of the network refer to the Firewall page . The DHCP server will give out Net Mask, IP, Gateway, and the DNS server.