• Wired network in PAN.
  • The wired network in PAN is managed directly by Physics IT, not by the University. Don't contact OIT about them as it will simply cause confusion! To connect a new computer to the PAN wired network, please follow this guide.
• Wireless networks are provided by the university: here are the directions for the University of Minnesota wireless system.
• Physics swing spaces in Williamson, Shepherd, McNamara, Fraser, WBOB
  • You are generally expected to use wireless for laptops, etc
  • For desktop machines you need to
    • contact Physics IT to arrange for OIT to activate the jack
    • register your computer for dhcp at: http://it.umn.edu/registering-device-network-dhcp
    • do not register linux or windows computers managed by physics IT - we will take care of these (if a computer is moved to a different building and doesn't connect, let us know).

<note> Identifying PAN data jacks Phone and network jacks in Physics/Nanotechnology (PAN) are shared between phone and data. Each wall-plate generally has 3 jacks in offices, or 4 jacks in labs. We always leave the first jack in a wallplate for phone service, although which wallplate is actually used for this will vary between rooms.

We are using the following defaults to wire data jacks in PAN:

• faculty, staff and postdoc offices: second and third jacks in each wall plate, ie AB, AC, AE, AF (and AH, AI, AK, AL if present)
• graduate student offices, flex spaces: second jack in each wall plate, ie AB AE AH AK AN AQ AT AW
• labs: By default, second and third jack in each 4-jack wall plate.

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<note warning> If you are having trouble connecting to the network please consult this page </note>

For short-term guest or conference wireless connections, please consult this page

• Guest, short-term or conference wireless access

Long term visitors may need to have a sponsored account set up - please consult this page:

Many visitors from other institutions may also be able to use the eduroam wireless network without any special preparation.

• More general info at Computing Information for Visitors

• Firewall information for Physics networks

• Data backups