Wireless Networking

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The ROC complex is equipped with a wireless (802.11b/g) network. This network is part of the University wide wireless network at Pickle Research Campus and on the main UT campus (http://www.utexas.edu/its/network/wireless/coverage/index.html). Together the wired and wireless networks are called "Public Internet Access". You've most likely already used the network without knowing anything about it, but if you do need help you can consult the University's documentation: http://www.utexas.edu/its/network/public/index.html.

Most users must use 802.1x authentication to restricted.utexas.edu. This will be the ONLY way to connect to the wireless network unless there are technical problems with your computer. Older wireless cards may work with this network. (eg don't support WPA2)

If you connect with the either wireless or wired PNA, you can access UTIG printers and network file sharing, and connect to your office windows system via Remote Desktop. Note that you are not on the UTIG internal network. You can append the ".ig.utexas.edu" domain to host names (this is called dns suffices in Windows and search domains in MacOS; not preferred) or use fully qualified domain names (preferred) by appending ".ig.utexas.edu" when connecting to printer and file shares. (e.g. \\igdrasil.ig.utexas.edu\hp_3.228; \\utig.ig.utexas.edu\ftp\).

VPN Networking
Two options exist to connect to UTIG from off-campus: virtual private network. or browse to the virtual SSL network. See "Getting Started" link above.  Note that the VPN client does not use the Windows or Macintosh native network client so DNS suffixes and Search domains do not work at all. Fully qualified domain names are your only option. There are connection time limits imposed on the VPN session; currently about 24 hours.