<p>Whats up with wifi for the campus? I just visited the school today, but since its sunday, there was no official tour, so I just had a friend of mine walk me around the campus, and she didn't have answers to all of my questions. How "unwired" is the campus? Is there wifi in all the quads and grassy areas, like around the lagoon and what not? In the library, in the dorms, dorm lobbys, lecture halls, etc.? Thank you!!!</p>
<p>Good question, bump.</p>
<p>It is limited.</p>
<p>There's access points maybe at only a few classrooms. Mainly from the library, and others from feeding off people's unsecure networks in IV.</p>
<p>The only spots that I can think of right now is San Raf lounge, the Library (only present in certain spots), and the UCen.</p>
<p>I think it's quite embarrasingly bad. The library only has wireless access on the first floor in the 24 hour study room, and a large area of the fourth floor. Pretty appaling that the whole library of a large research university doesn't have access.</p>
<p>In addition, some of the study centers (like De Anza near Manzanita) and the UCen have access, but the dorms in general do not. That means if you want to go work in the lounge (and the study rooms in Manzanita buildings), you have to bring your cable.</p>
<p>I've never had trouble with wireless at any part of the first, second, and fourth floors of the library (those are the only ones I've been on).</p>
<p>there is broadband in rooms thoguh right? so you can just slap in a wireless router and your good? is there bandwith limits?</p>
<p>Not allowed to use routers in dorms. Yeah, it's broadband.</p>
<p>It's not allowed but a few students are doing it.</p>
<p>any bandwidth limit?</p>
<p>Not that I'm aware of, but file sharing programs are throttled (and they supposedly ban you if you try to change the default ports). I get download speeds of about 160kb/s.</p>
<p>what do you mean throttled</p>
<p>They limit the speed for those programs. You may be able to get 200kbps off of websites but only 2kbps on torrents. I don't think they block DirectConnect though.</p>
<p>Wireless routers aren't allowed in the dorms? Granted I can understand not allowing to protect people sharing internet and not having to pay for it, but if everyone were to pay for internet service, you're telling me they wouldn't allow you to make your own room wireless for you and your roomate who were each individually paying for the internet costs??</p>
<p>EDIT:
Look what I found, its decent info:
<a href="http://www.dailynexus.com/news/2006/11030.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailynexus.com/news/2006/11030.html</a></p>