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Between classes and on your study breaks, you can get online by stopping by
any of more than 35 workstations labs across campus. This is an easy way to
check your email or to put in a couple of hours of work on that paper or project
that's due next week. You can check lab hours and locations at http://www.oit.umd.edu/wheretogo/.
Many classrooms and all faculty and deans' offices in the College and Schools
also are connected through the campus netwrok. A "port-per-pillow" is the standard
in Maryland's residence halls. Each room is wired with a high-speed connection
to the university's information technology infrastructure, one connection per
student in the room.
In its student housing, Maryland provides a datajack and phone line per student
-- no sharing, no waiting, and voice mail too! Last year over 90% of residence
hall students activated their data connections and became regular users. All
you need for your computer is an Ethernet card
available from the University
Book Center and a copy of ResNet's "Getting Connected Manual" which is distributed
at check-in. This manual provides step-by-step instructions on how to connect
your computer to the university network. Resident Life Information Systems provides
Ethernet connection support for all residence hall students. They can be reached
at 301.314.DATA from 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday.
If you commute you have two options: dial-up or use of an external service
provider.
Dial-up from
remote locations is standard with our high-speed modem pools in both the Washington,
D.C. and Baltimore metropolitan areas. The OIT Help Desk staff can be reached
at 301.405.1500 and http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/contact/.
You can also access Maryland's networked resources through your own Internet
Service Provider, DSL Provider, or cable modem provider.
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Help Desk provides
technical support for computer accounts, email, web pages,
dial-up access, and other services. The OIT Help Desk staff
can be reached at 301.405.1500 and http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/contact/. Visit Resident
Life's ResNet, NTS Resident Student web site and
the OIT Help Desk for more
information.
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