HOTSPOT
LOCATIONS ON CAMPUS
The following locations
are maintained by Wells College.
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Barler Hall art building
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Dodge Lounge
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Leach Lounge
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Long Library (most of building)
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Main Building - Smoker Lounge
(1st floor)
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Main Building - WRC center (1st
floor) & Faculty Parlors
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Macmillan South 3rd floor AER
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Macmillan North 3rd floor AER
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Science building (coming
soon)
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Sommer Center (most of the building)
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Weld Lounge
HOW TO CONNECT
Since connection software
varies so widely, we cannot give detailed instructions on how this is done.
Some laptops have only the Microsoft software bundled with XP or Vista
or the MacOS. Other laptops have custom vendor specific utilities.
For example, some laptops now come with special "buttons" or side switches
to enable and disable WiFi services easily and fancy scan screens so WiFi
networks can be easily detected and connected to.
No matter what system you
use, you should know that the WiFi signals in public areas are not encrypted
and the SSIDs are broadcast. So if your computer "scans" for an open
network, it should be able to connect.
Wireless
POLICY
Currently, we only provide
wired Ethernet jacks for the residence hall rooms.. Wells college
does not provide wireless coverage to the dorms. We do not guarantee
any wireless equipment will work but we do encourage people to inform us
by email or phone call if they want to try using wireless equipment
in their dorm room. We also ask the community to inform the RA's if any
of the official locations above don't work. Then they can contact
us if they cannot solve the problem themselves. (eg. in some lounges,
"reseting" a WiFi router is usually as simple as unplugging it and plugging
it back in)
We also reserve the right
to prohibit use of personal WiFi equipment if other devices are affected
in a negative way. If any of the offical locations don't work, please
contact the Network Services department at x3305 or x3485. The hotspot
list is expanding and we welcome suggestions for future locations.
Last updated 06/01/2007
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