<p>My daughter will be in Collins. Is all the Internet access wireless? We saw that it said there was an ethernet port In every room. Do we need to purchase anything( router, cables...) for my daughter to access the Internet in her dorm room?</p>
<p>You don’t need to purchase anything to connect in the dorms. You can connect wirelessly. </p>
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<p>any thoughts on bringing an ethernet cable for the dorm just in case? sometimes downloads are quicker that wireless that way</p>
<p>My daughter has been living in Foster for a week now (for IFS) and there was an ethernet cable in the room. She also found her permanent room in McNutt yesterday and there is an ethernet cable in that room too. I’m not sure if all dorm rooms come with ethernet cables, but if you were planning to buy one I would wait until you arrive to see if there’s already one there. If you have extras, it won’t take much room to bring it with, and you can always take it home again. And that reminds me - I should ask my daughter how the wifi performance is. She has a Mac that doesn’t have an ethernet port so we would have to buy the dongle that converts the USB port to an ethernet port for her to use wired connection. I think we’ll take the wait-and-see approach on that one…</p>
<p>One thing to think about is that you may need a network switch. My son took one last year so he could hook up his laptop and xbox to the wired network. If you have any other device to hook up like a gaming console or streaming device, a switch would be needed. There are two ports in each room, one for each person.</p>
<p>Stella94 and iudad, I just checked the link that rrah posted, and it says this:</p>
<p>Indiana University Bloomington: In Briscoe, Union Street Center, 3rd & Union, Rose Hall, and Tulip Tree apartments, you will need to provide your own standard Cat 5 or Cat 6 Ethernet straight-through patch cord. In all other campus housing, you will find an IU proprietary Ethernet crossover cable attached to the wall data jack.</p>
<p>DD has been living in Foster Harper for 11 days now. She says wireless is great from wherever she’s used it. She says she only got dropped twice. My definition of a great connection is zero drops, but I guess she considers that fine.</p>
<p>Trust me, a couple of drops is way better than when I first started–it was their first year with wireless in the dorms and it was AWFUL. Barely could connect for a solid month, had to go on campus to the IMU or the library to connect!</p>
<p>IU still has wireless problems in the library during midterms/finals due to volume, but they tend to be as good about it as possible</p>
<p>Ethernet cables are in all dorms. Much better than wireless. Getting setup can be tricky though if you’re unaware of what to do.</p>
<p>what all is involved in getting setup? I saw a link the other day to run “get connected” in “off campus” mode in order to make it easier once on campus. anyone have any experience with that?</p>
<p>To connect to the secure network, IU requires that each device is registered. The get connected software will install applications that will identify your computer to the network and monitor the connection for viruses/malware/proper versions of software etc. Once installed, the process then requires registration. Sometimes it is a pain. Once you get to campus and are still having issues, I recommend stopping by IT Services to get help. It may take a while, but they will get it done.</p>
<p>tbruhn442 so are you saying I have to register both my laptop and phone?</p>
<p>Any device that will be connected via the secure network or via Ethernet will need to be registered like laptops, gaming consoles, streaming devices (roku, apple tv). I am not sure what students did with phones, but my guess is they don’t need to register. When I am on campus, I usually connect my phone via At&t wireless. It is all over campus.</p>
<p>There is a program called “Get Connected” (you can find it @ IU’s tech site) This will allow you to register your computer. According to RPS & IUIT running the app before you get to campus can save you some time</p>
<p>Strongly suggest going to IT services NOW if you need help getting connecting to IU internet and download software. I was having some issues and it took almost 2 hours to figure it out. They were very helpful and patient. They said on Wed there will be a line out of the library with students having similar problems</p>
<p>Yankees, so glad you went in, looks like your problem took about as long to handle as ours. I am sure it will be a zoo Wed.</p>