LIBRARY NOTES
Wireless Internet Access
Sunday, June 1, 2008
The Library is pleased to be able to respond to many member requests and enhance our technological offerings with wireless Internet access. We now offer password-protected wireless access to laptop users on the fifth floor. This is an addition to the hard-wired cable connections on the fifth floor and the public computers on the third and fifth floors.
The wireless signal is strong in all the fifth floor front rooms and can be accessed in the Green Alcove in Stack 12. It does not work in the rest of Stack 12 or on any other floor. Please note that this network is still in a preliminary stage, and changes and improvements will be forthcoming. The network is not secure and should not be used to transfer sensitive personal or financial data.
To use the wireless network, you will need to bring your own laptop computer equipped with built-in Wi-Fi capability, or you will need to install a Wi-Fi network card in your laptop. Our network uses industry-standard 802.11 wireless networking equipment.
More technical details and password information can be found in the pamphlet "Connecting to the Wireless Network," available at the front desk.
We hope that this new capability is useful to our researchers, writers, and other users.
|