Using Wired and Wireless Networks Around Campus

Stanford has a large and growing number of wired and wireless networks available for you to use with your laptop or other computing device. For example, the Gates and Packard buildings, some libraries, parts of Tresidder Union, and a large portion of the Main Quad are covered by Ethernet, 802.11b, or both.

Access is permitted only to members of the Stanford community, however. To gain access, you need to register your network card with Stanford's central database (NetDB). Once it's registered, you can plug it in and roam around campus without having to log in or reconfigure your computer on each network.

How you get your card registered in NetDB depends on who you are. For students in Computer Science, you register your network card in one of two places:

• If you live on campus, then your home network is in your residence, and you should contact your RCC.
• If you live off campus, then your home network is in the Gates Building, and you should fill out a Host Name Registration Form. Be sure to provide your network card's hardware address, and in the Comments field request that "Roaming DHCP" be enabled for your host. The IP Subnet field only applies to you if you also want to use your laptop on the Gates network.

For more general, University-wide information, see the Roaming DHCP page or the wireless networking page.

 
Last updated: 23 Mar 2003 by Ed Swierk
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