In IUB or IUPUI campus housing, how do I get an Ethernet adapter or card?

If you live in Indiana University Bloomington or IUPUI campus housing, you must provide your own Ethernet adapter or network interface card (NIC). UITS strongly recommends that you have the Ethernet adapter already installed in your computer prior to arriving on campus. Most computer or electronics stores sell UITS-supported Ethernet adapters and will install them for a small charge.

For information about obtaining the correct cable, see In IUB or IUPUI campus housing, how do I get an Ethernet cable? For more about hardware recommendations, see the UITS ComputerGuide. For more complete information about connecting to the network, see In IUB or IUPUI campus housing, how do I get connected to the network?

For help or to report a problem with computing in your Indiana University Bloomington or IUPUI campus housing residence, contact the UITS Support Center. At IUB, you can also visit the RITS office in Teter F206, open Monday-Friday 1-5pm in the summer, and Monday-Thursday 1-9pm and Friday 1-5pm in spring and fall semesters.

At Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI, University Information Technology Services (UITS) is in the process of extending the new IU Secure wireless network beyond the common areas and into every student room of the residence halls. If IU Secure is not yet available in your IUB residence hall, you may operate a properly configured wireless access point (WAP) as an exception to the IT-19 Extending the University Data Network and IT-20 Wireless Networking policies from the University Information Policy Office (UIPO). Once IU Secure is available in your residence hall, this exception will no longer apply, and you will have to remove your WAP from the network. For details, see At IUB, if my residence hall does not yet have IU wireless network access, how do I configure a wireless access point?

Also see:

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• With my Mac OS X computer, what hardware do I need to make an Ethernet connection?
• In IUB and IUPUI campus housing, are all the data jacks activated?
• At IUB and IUPUI, how do I register my computer?