What To Bring (Information Technology)

Resident Hall rooms are provided with most communication amenities.  Inlcuded are the following:

• Analog telephone jack (only available in Gooding and Williams Hall basement level rooms)
• Comcast Cable 75ohm jack (one per room)
• Cat-5 or better network jack (one per resident in the room)
• Total wireless network

In order to take advantage of these services, students should bring the following items with them if they are living on campus:

• 75ohm Co-ax cable
• analong phone and RJ-45 telephone cable (Gooding and Williams Halls basement level rooms)
• Cat-5 or better ethernet computer cable

For telephone and cable TV connections, one per room is provided.  Contact your roomate(s) prior to coming to campus to determine who will be bringing these items to campus.  For computer connections, one per resident is provided and you must bring a cable to campus.

We also recommend the following items for safety and security:

• computer security cable to secure the computer to the desk
• surge protector to avoid power surge damage

Wi-fi has been intalled in many areas college, including all Resident Halls, Cannon Hall and the adjacent outside amphitheather, The Underground, Student Life, and College Center 4th Floor.  Through the remainder of 2012, Information Technology will be completing the installation of w-fi throughout the Campus, completing the work in the Fall of 2012 with the installation of outdoors wi-fi in all open spaces.   

Any wi-fi enabled device (laptops, Macbooks, smartphones, iPads, iPhones, iTouches) will be able to connect to the wi-fi.

In addition to a separate wi-fi access for students only, Information Technology has implemented a separate wi-fi for gaming consoles, such as Xbox, PlayStation, etc.  This wi-fi network is built strictly for video game use.  The network name is Wesley_WGN, and the password is available by contacting Information Technology at 736-4199, or email to support(at)wesley.edu.  You must provide your room number for access.  This network is NOT available for the Wii due to security restrictions on the game console.  In order to connect  your Wii, you must connect using a network cable and the Wii network adapter.

Due to the implementation of campus-wide wi-fi, personal routers are no longer allowed in Resident Halls.  Routers detected will be confiscated and students fined for Failure To Comply. 

Questions should be referred to the Information Technology Help Desk at 736-4199 or email to support(at)wesley.edu.