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Wireless Network
You can connect to the Law School's network and the Internet via the wireless Ethernet throughout all floors of the Law Library and in the atrium. Your laptop must have an 802.11b-compliant wireless network card, which can be purchased at the DoIT Tech Store or from a computer retailer.

See the Instructions on setting up the wireless Ethernet card on your laptop. The computer lab assistants in room 2390 are can assist you in configuring the card to be used on the Law Library's wireless network.

Wired Network
The Law Library has over 200 wired Ethernet jacks available on floors first, second, third, and fifth floors. Exact locations are noted on the maps below. You will need to have an Ethernet card in your laptop in order to access the Law School network. The lab assistants in room 2390 will provide assistance configuring your laptop to use the network. Lab assistants can also provide assistance installing ethernet cards. Ethernet cables are available for checkout at the Law Library Circulation Desk.

The placement of red dots on the maps below denotes the location of live network jacks ready for laptop use. Note that only the red jacks are capable of accessing the law school network. Some jacks are available on table tops while others are built into the walls. Although study carrels appear to have network jacks, you must plug directly into the red jacks in the wall.

Floors 1-5 also have wireless access

 

For additional assistance with network access or configuring a Macintosh, please contact the computer lab assistants in room 2390 or call 262-3423. If you feel that there is a problem with a particular wired network jack, please include the jack number in your email message.

 

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