ARCHIVED: 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 before arriving on campus. Most computer or electronics stores sell UITS-supported Ethernet adapters and will install them for a small charge.

• IUPUI: In Ball Residence Hall and the Campus Apartments on the Riverwalk, you may use a commercial Ethernet cable.
  
  
• Indiana University Bloomington: In Briscoe, Union Street Center, and the Tulip Tree apartments, you will need to provide your own standard cat6 Ethernet straight-through patch cord. In all other non-Greek campus housing, you will find an Ethernet crossover cable attached to the wall data jack.

  IUB Greek housing residents may purchase an IU proprietary Ethernet cable; see At IUB, where can I purchase an Ethernet cable?

For more about hardware recommendations, see the UITS ComputerGuide. For more 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 speak with a consultant in the Information Commons, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The IU Secure wireless network is available in all IU Bloomington and IUPUI dormitory residence halls, as well as Campus View and Hillcrest Apartments. If IU Secure is not yet available in your campus residence, you may operate a properly configured, FCC-approved 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, this exception will no longer apply and you will need to remove your WAP from the network. For details, see At IUB, if my campus residence does not yet have IU Secure wireless network access, how do I configure a wireless access point?

Comments/Questions/Corrections