Monday, February 14, 2011

Wifi@nmit is here

In 2011, NMIT has gone completely wireless with wifi@nmit.

NMIT now provides free wireless access to the internet for staff and students from all NMIT campuses and training centres.

That's right, any wireless device (whether it is an NMIT owned device or wi-fi enabled personal laptop or mobile phone) should be able to detect, and connect to, wifi@nmit from most open areas within 5 metres of most NMIT buildings.

Access to printing through the wireless network is also available, but only from NMIT-owned wireless devices.


Prerequisites
Most wi-fi enabled devices should have easy access to the wireless network, but if you're after the technical prerequisites they are as follows:
- Your device must be wifi enabled with any of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n.
- Your device must have an SSL enable browser
Please note: Access via Linux devices has not been tested and therefore may not be possible.

How Do I Log In?
Staff: Simply use your normal Novell Username and Password
Students: Use your Student Portal Username and Password (which is now the same as the password required to access class computers, My PC and Student Email)