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Wireless networking at Brookes
Remember: you must first register for eduroam@brookes in order to connect to it.
What is the Brookes wireless service?
The Brookes wireless service (eduroam@brookes) covers areas of the Gipsy Lane, Headington Hill, Harcourt Hill, Marston Road, Swindon and Wheatley campuses. You can view maps of the wireless coverage for each campus. It enables registered eduroam users to connect their wireless enabled computer to the network wherever there is a signal available.
The service is part of the Eduroam project which allows members of different educational organisations to use the wireless service offered at each participating location.
Who can use wireless?
The service is available to all Brookes staff and students (registration required) and is available free of charge. Authorised visitors (and members of other universities who are registered with their home site's Eduroam service) can also use the service.
What can you do with wireless?
Currently, wireless
users have the roughly same access as Wandernet users i.e.
they have full Internet access and some limited access to
the internal Brookes network. They do not currently have access
to central printing, centrally installed applications or shared
network storage areas.
You should be aware that wireless connections, by their nature,
are not as tolerant and robust as wired connections. You should
not work on documents or files opened from a network location
as a drop in the connection could lead to file corruption
or data loss.
Important: Wireless signal strength can vary with local conditions, interference and usage levels. Many factors can influence the range and strength of signals and fluctuations occur over time due to usage levels or external factors. This is the nature of wireless networks and while the connection should be reliable and persistent no guarantee can be made about this.
What is wireless good
for?
Wireless is useful for accessing content that does
not need a continuous connection (eg email, web browsing)
where minor interruptions will only cause delay and processes
can be resumed when signal is available.
Email
Web
browsing
Instant
messaging
News
feeds
What is wireless not good
for?
Wireless should not to be used where connections
must be persistent (eg remote document editing) where a break
in the connection at the wrong time may be disastrous (eg
when saving a document). You can retrieve documents over the
wireless connection and you should then work on a local copy
before transmitting it back.
Uninterrupted
connections (ie working on a document on a network
share)
Large
downloads
On
line gaming
Streaming
media
You are sharing the bandwidth with other users near you, and so wireless is generally not as reliable, or as fast, as fixed wire connections so should not be used for heavy network usage applications.
How to join the wireless service
Step
1: Registration
You must register for eduroam@brookes from
a separate wired computer prior to joining the service as
you will not be able to connect otherwise.
You can read more about the registration
process or proceed to the
registration page directly.
Step 2:
Setup your computer
To setup access to the eduroam@brookes
service you will need to configure some settings on your computer.
The following pages will guide you through this process and
ensure that everything is setup correctly.
How
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Getting help
For help with connection problems:
Contact the Service Desk on
01865 483311, or internal extension 3311, or email servicedesk@brookes.ac.uk
For more information about the wireless service please see our eduroam@brookes page and the eduroam@brookes Frequently asked questions. For images indicating the locations of wireless coverage see the wireless maps page. For general advice contact the Service Desk on 01865 483311, or internal extension 3311, or email servicedesk@brookes.ac.uk.