The latest news from the Office of Information Technology
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 [...]
I have forgotten my UCInetID password. What can I do now?
Access the UCInetID Web form at: http://activate.uci.edu/ .
Click on “I forgot my password.”
You will be asked to prove your identity with your UCInetID, your date of birth, and the last four digits of your social security number.
Once you have correctly entered that information, you will [...]
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 [...]
A recent survey ranks UCI #14 among universities responding to a recently completed survey on wireless networking.
Intel’s “Most Unwired College Campuses” survey ranks the top 100 schools for wireless computing access. The survey reveals a growing number of schools across the country where students have the freedom to wirelessly access the Internet on notebook PCs [...]
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 [...]