[pokerdj]

Hi, i'm preparing for moving into accommodation, and i got a question.
I Heard that there's free internet cable in the room and wifi is available around all campus, but is the wifi available in the room too? Or should i bring my wireless router to use cell and tablet?

[tamimi]

You don't need a router. You just need an Ethernet cable.

Unless you're talking about off-campus accommodation.

[pounamu]

The uni wireless doesn't really cover halls, only the main buildings, union and library. You just need an ethernet cable for your room but you can have wireless if you want, a few of my mates did so they could use it in kitchen etc.

[The Polymath]

(Original post by pokerdj)
Hi, i'm preparing for moving into accommodation, and i got a question.
I Heard that there's free internet cable in the room and wifi is available around all campus, but is the wifi available in the room too? Or should i bring my wireless router to use cell and tablet?

Your router won't work - you can't just plug in a router like that, it has to go into a phone line and you'll have to pay for a separate service. What you can do, though, is if you have a laptop/desktop plugged in in your room, it can be set up to transmit that wired signal out through it's own wireless adapter (assuming your laptop/desktop has wifi). When my wireless router was broken I did just that - phone line -> router -> wired to desktop -> transmitted to my laptop/phone etc.

It's called computer to computer internet sharing ad hoc networking or something like that - pretty easy to set up.

[pokerdj]

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[momanium]

(Original post by pokerdj)
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I don't agree with this at all. All you have to do is get the ethernet wire from the wall and connect it to the back of the router. And you should be able to connect wirelesssly to router like normal. I have done this before and it should work! Message me for help

[ParadoxSocks]

(Original post by momanium)
I don't agree with this at all. All you have to do is get the ethernet wire from the wall and connect it to the back of the router. And you should be able to connect wirelesssly to router like normal. I have done this before and it should work! Message me for help

Yes, just plugging your ethernet wire into a switch or wireless router (but you'd have to set it up so it's passive on the network) will work but Nottingham tell you to not connect another networking device to their network and they can easily pick up on such devices unless they are really well hidden. Some people manage it but if you're discovered then they won't be happy and they're well within their rights to boot you from their network.

Best way to get a wireless connection is to use internet sharing through your computer.

From IS at Nottingham: operating a computer or device which provides services to other users, such as a file server or any network equipment or software designed to allow multiple computers to share a single connection such as Apple's Time Capsule, routers (wired or wireless), switches, hubs and printers. Exceptions to this will be made for hardware provided by Information Services or the University.

[momanium]

(Original post by ParadoxSocks)
Yes, just plugging your ethernet wire into a switch or wireless router (but you'd have to set it up so it's passive on the network) will work but Nottingham tell you to not connect another networking device to their network and they can easily pick up on such devices unless they are really well hidden. Some people manage it but if you're discovered then they won't be happy and they're well within their rights to boot you from their network.

Best way to get a wireless connection is to use internet sharing through your computer.

From IS at Nottingham: operating a computer or device which provides services to other users, such as a file server or any network equipment or software designed to allow multiple computers to share a single connection such as Apple's Time Capsule, routers (wired or wireless), switches, hubs and printers. Exceptions to this will be made for hardware provided by Information Services or the University.

Jees. I havent gone to uni (yet ) and never knew this. Do all uni's do this and why. Is it to avoid loads of people using too much bandwith? I have always wondered why my sis and bro connect through a wire at uni (that explains it!)

[~ Purple Rose ~]

The internet connection in halls works fine, the only time I have had problems with it is when they turned it off when they were working on the electricity cables. You just need a cable to plug in, and it is ready to go, it really couldn't be any simpler.

[ParadoxSocks]

(Original post by momanium)
Jees. I havent gone to uni (yet ) and never knew this. Do all uni's do this and why. Is it to avoid loads of people using too much bandwith? I have always wondered why my sis and bro connect through a wire at uni (that explains it!)

Yup, most unis will have the same policy. I know that Keele's is very very similar to Nottingham - I think it's even stricter. It was a nightmare when I was there a couple of years ago (and I still have friends there). I couldn't even connect my xbox unless I really faffed with it. It's better now than it was but connecting devices is something they really try to stop students doing. More devices just make the network difficult to manage for the network powers-that-be and keeping the network secure (and unshared!) is the priority. It sucks but it makes their lives easier.

You'll really only be stuck to a wire in your room though. Around campus there's full wireless coverage except for one end of Chancellors that inexplicably has a weird wireless void.

[xRalph]

I was thinking of bringing a router so i could use the internet wireless for my phone etc

While i was there i saw a number of people with routers around the hawthorns however, so surely they won't be that strict about it and it should be able to work fine?

[jamie_983]

Im not sure for on campus accommodation as i haven't really been to any, but the standard of internet for most accommodation is a free 10mb connection in each room, this is through an ethernet port on your wall and they charge you a few quid on move in day for the cable so bring your own haha. But anyway there internet provider is usually with a service such as ask4. You make an account with them before you can go online fully, this way they know you have a computer or device registered in your room. If you try and use wireless sharing or a router you will either be unable to thanks to the provider, or asked to sign that device into your account so its a fair bit of hassle if you just want to log your phone in to save turning on your pc or whatever.
If your share your connection they usually spam you with messages telling you you can only use one device on your network plan, so i guess you can pay extra and have the option of having all your devices connected.
Oh yeah as far as consoles go though, if you go into your advanced settings on xbox or ps3 while its plugged into the ethernet theres an option to apply your own wired connection settings, if you type in your computers mac address here you can use your console online. You find the mac address while your pcs online, just do an ipconfig/ get all search on command prompt and it will show up

[bipthepope]

i tried to set up an ad hoc (like said above) and my phone and tablet connect but theres no internet, i looked around and youtube said that i had to share the internet connection. but where the guy clicked on "internet" in control panel i have an empty space. would a router work instead or is there any other way to share internet?