Connecting your laptop to the Institute's network
It is possible to either use a wired or wireless connection:
- For a wired connection you need to plug your computer into the wall socket marked LAPTOP
- For a wireless connection you have several options:
- eduroam wireless network (recommended for mobile phones and laptops that just need an internet connection) - common across many european universities and hence a good choice for both people from other Oxford departments (use your university remote access account details) as well as those already setup for eduroam from other universities. For more information on eduroam, including setup instructions for various OSes, see http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/wireless/services/eduroam/.
- MATHS wireless network (recommended if you need to use departmental services like printing or file sharing). You will need to authenticate to the network using your Maths user account.
- OWL - Oxford Wireless LAN. Useful for those visiting the university in other departments where this is used who are also then occasionally in a maths building
Unmanaged subnet restrictions
Any personal machine connected to the MATHS network is considered untrusted and as such may only be connected to a separate subnet using DHCP (see the IT policy). The Institute offers both wired (typically 100Mbps) and wireless (typically 5-54Mbps) connections to the unmanaged subnet.