laptop and network?

melekalikimaka

is it easy to sort your laptop on the college network, i dont even know where to start to set it up? anyone on the network here?

Frankiestylee

oooh... good question! I've no idea.

projectmayhem

in the snackery (kevin st) there's free wifi. i assume to access the college network you "borrow" the cable from a comp in one of the labs

melekalikimaka

i checked it out, all ya have to apparently is search for the network, once its found login with your dit computer login, too easy...theres clearly a catch...

kjt

melekalikimaka wrote:

once its found login with your dit computer login, too easy...theres clearly a catch...

Warning Warning!!!
Haxxor HaXor, Cheet0r. U R stealing DIt bandwidth0r
U R Bann0rd from Dit0r.
Plz leave D college 'nd Nvr Return0r again!!!



Thanks the warning you get if you connect to the network,... So I've been told

su_dios

I was just thinking about this earlier actually so thanks for the info

ctrl-alt-delete

i connect to the wireless network in aungier street library, all you have to do is enter an email address, its simple - once your computer finds it that is

Frankiestylee

Wow, thats amazingly handy! In Trinity ya had to go to a meeting and jump through loads of hoops before ya even got near the wireless network.. and you had to have XP Pro and they used a seperate profile just for the wireless. In the end it seemed like too much hassle so I didnt bother. ugh. Glad to hear DIT is painless.

Vikings

When and where did ye all get your login to the network? I've been uhh "busy" these past few weeks and missed all but 2 days this year. To say i'm lost would be an understatement

Si1ence

Frankiestylee wrote:

In Trinity ya had to go to a meeting and jump through loads of hoops before ya even got near the wireless network..

um..... why are you in a dit forum????

su_dios

its your surname then underscore and your first initial

ie. doe_j

your password is blank first time you log in.

Si1ence

Frankiestylee wrote:

In Trinity ya had to go to a meeting and jump through loads of hoops before ya even got near the wireless network..

um..... why are you in a dit forum????

Vikings

su_dios wrote:

its your surname then underscore and your first initial

ie. doe_j

your password is blank first time you log in.

Well that didnt work, if I leave the password blank it gives me the auld "incorrect username or password" line.

Nightwish

your user id is your student number and password is your date of birth ddmmyyyy

Vikings

Cheers, that worked alright.

projectmayhem

Si1ence wrote:

um..... why are you in a dit forum????

infultrating the front lines... sneaky bastards

Stench Blossoms

kjt wrote:

Warning Warning!!!
Haxxor HaXor, Cheet0r. U R stealing DIt bandwidth0r
U R Bann0rd from Dit0r.
Plz leave D college 'nd Nvr Return0r again!!!



Thanks the warning you get if you connect to the network,... So I've been told

nerd

Frankiestylee

Si1ence wrote:

um..... why are you in a dit forum????

Cause I go to DIT.

kjt

orla wrote:

nerd

Time of the month?

Chucky the tree

kjt wrote:

Time of the month?

yea it is, she said you can lick it clean if you want.

su_dios

Ok I went to sign onto the wireless network today and none of the above worked. I then went to the guy in charge of computers and he said you sign in as a guest using your email address only...seemed a bit odd. He also couldn't tell me much about it! Signal strength is also very low.

One question...How can I sign into msn? I know I can use webmessenger but thats just awkward. Any ideas?

melekalikimaka

well i didnt bring my lappy in yet but i was in the changing rooms in kev street pool and the wireless works no password there, just login, oh but ya need set your ip to dynamic i thinks or something, i fiddled with it and it worked anyway.

Jorinn

su_dios wrote:

Ok I went to sign onto the wireless network today and none of the above worked. I then went to the guy in charge of computers and he said you sign in as a guest using your email address only...seemed a bit odd. He also couldn't tell me much about it! Signal strength is also very low.

One question...How can I sign into msn? I know I can use webmessenger but thats just awkward. Any ideas?

If you use one of the labs you can use msn, IRC etc.

If you use your lappy on the wireless network none of the above work. Just load any page and a site comes up, you enter your email addy in the top left hand corner.

su_dios

sound thanks for the help!:)

DjDangerousDave

The wirless network in dit is totally unsupported at the moment. To log in all u need to do is put in any random e-mail address such as ddd@ddd.com and it will let u in no bother. The speed is crappy and the signal strength is crappy too (this is kevin street im talking about) and the only place is in the smackery. Auinger street is not much better, they have it in the libary and in the area sorrunding java city and in the downstairs canteen but the speed is ****e too. Lots of people with admin$ and c$ shares open if u wanted to have a bit of fun too.

Dave.

projectmayhem

saw an irish broadband van working away accross the road from kevin st... could be good news

DjDangerousDave

projectmayhem wrote:

saw an irish broadband van working away accross the road from kevin st... could be good news

Why?

Binomate

Jorinn wrote:

If you use one of the labs you can use msn, IRC etc.

If you use your lappy on the wireless network none of the above work. Just load any page and a site comes up, you enter your email addy in the top left hand corner.

I have tried many a time to connect to quakenet.org through different irc java applets on the labs in DIT and have been so far unsucessfull. It keeps timing out on me, like it's blocked by a firewall somewhere. How can you connect to IRC?

zimbabady

Here are links to the wirless areas in some if the DIT college's.

AungierSt Coverage
KevinSt Coverage
BoltonSt Coverage
MJoySq Coverage

For the rest, Here's the area's
Pembroke St Boardroom.
Rathmines TBC.
Cathal Brugha St Library and social areas.
Camden Row Ground Floor Seminar Room
2nd Floor Meeting Room

MSN should work on your laptop anywere. If not then heres a web based msn client, http://www.e-messenger.net/

Jorinn

Binomate wrote:

I have tried many a time to connect to quakenet.org through different irc java applets on the labs in DIT and have been so far unsucessfull. It keeps timing out on me, like it's blocked by a firewall somewhere. How can you connect to IRC?

Find a server that you can connect to port 8080 on.