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UCInet Mobile Access
UCInet Mobile Access, UCI’s wireless network, comprises more than 800 access points (APs). An “access point” is a network device which your computer connects to using wireless Ethernet. The access point then forwards your network traffic to the wired network, in this case UCInet.
Express Registration
Express Registration allows a UCI affiliate to connect to [...]
NACS now offers faculty and staff the ability to sponsor temporary wireless guest access. Guest registration is intended for use by faculty and staff who need to temporarily enable wireless UCInet network access for visiting colleagues.
To add temporary guest registrations, visit the current registration page:
http://www.nacs.uci.edu/mobile/registration.html
Click on the “Register to use Mobile Access” link, login with [...]
In partnership with Biological Sciences (Bio Sci), NACS recently completed the installation of UCInet Mobile Access wireless networking in McGaugh Hall using a new higher speed wireless network technology called 802.11g (”11g”). This is the first 11g service installed at UCI.
The 11g technology can perform up to five times as fast as the 802.11b (”11b”) wireless technology [...]
The UCInet Mobile Access service is an extension of the campus network which supports wired and wireless portable computer network connections in numerous locations across the campus.
Around campus, particularly in classrooms and computer labs, open network jacks are managed through UCInet Mobile Access. Using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), network addresses are issued dynamically [...]
One recent innovation in UCInet has been the initiation of a wireless computing infrastructure at UCI.
Based on the 802.11b standard, UCInet Mobile Access (http://www.nacs.uci.edu/ucinet/mobile/) began with installations in Engineering Gateway, GSM, the Main Library, Gateway Study Center, and the Student Center. Since then, the Science Library, the Physical Sciences Nobel Courtyard, the Cal-IT2 suite on [...]
Wireless networking is an exciting new technology, and NACS is helping introduce the campus to its benefits. NACS is conducting a pilot assessment of wireless networking and its effectiveness at the current state of this developing technology. The technology used is based on the 802.11b standard for 11MB wireless ethernet networking.
Four areas are currently covered by the [...]