SMS scnews item created by Paul Szabo at Fri 7 Oct 2005 1447
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Auth: psz@pisa.maths.usyd.edu.au
Laptops, wired and wireless connections
Please see also
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/visitors.html
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/printing.html
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ssh-howto.html
about settings, printing and about ssh and scp usage.
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Wired
You may ask for your laptop to connect to our School "wired" network.
Then you are "inside" the Maths network, with easy access to Maths
services e.g. file copying or printing, or "ssh enna" without 2FA.
Should you wish to connect to the inside "wired" service, find the MAC
(aka ethernet) address (e.g. 00:E0:81:21:A6:83) of your network card:
- on Windows (in a CommandPrompt window) use ipconfig /all and look
for Physical Address (of your wired ethernet device)
- on Linux/Mac (in a terminal) use ifconfig -a and look for HWaddr
- on Mac go to SystemPreferences Network choose device, Advanced Ethernet
and please send this to mailto:support@maths.usyd.edu.au and ask to set
things up for you.
Once an IP address and network name are allocated, simply set the laptop
to detect network settings automatically (via DHCP).
NOTES:
- Magma is somewhat separate from the School, with Magma machines
generally "outside" of the Maths network.
- With Sydnet6, any Uni machines can connect to the "wired" network,
but that does not make them part of the Maths "inside" network.
- We use Sydnet6 and it may be possible to provide "internal" access
via UniSydney wireless, but:
+ this would prevent that machine from using UniSydney anywhere
outside of Carslaw (no issue for other e.g. home WiFi networks), and
+ this type of access this has not been tested as yet.
- Please ensure that your laptop is virus-free (e.g. by having some
up-to-date AV software and/or by running a non-Windows OS).
- Please ensure that your laptop is not simultaneously connected to
both wireless and wired networks (as that often causes inability to
access some network services).
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Wireless
Wireless should be working everywhere within Carslaw (and on campus).
The various networks are:
- UniSydney
For staff and students: log in with your unikey.
On Linux you may try with "no certificate required" so with settings:
Security - WPA & WPA2 Enterprise
Authentication - Protected EAP (PEAP)
Anonymous identity - (blank)
CA certificate - (none)
TICKED - No CA certificate is required
PEAP version - Automatic
Inner authentication - MSCHAPv2
Username - unikey
Password - (to match)
or if it does not work then use Eduroam (as below).
- UniSydney-Guest
For visitors: sponsoring person to organize access as described in
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/s/lscnitm/psz-WirelessForVisitors
- Eduroam
For visitors from, and for USyd people travelling to, subscribing
institutions. USyd people have Eduroam username UniKey@sydney.edu.au
(not your email address).
Linux users may need to set up as per https://cat.eduroam.org/
Wireless is operated by central ICT (not by Maths support), maybe see
https://intranet.sydney.edu.au/working/it-phones/using-internet.html
or look for information in the Uni "knowledge base"
https://sydneyuni.service-now.com/sm?id=kb_home
Machines on wireless are "outside" of the Maths network, with access to
Maths services possible with remote login as described in
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ssh-howto.html
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