Wireless Router?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>A friend of mine whose daughter is a junior at another university mentioned that her daughter used a wireless router in her dorm room. Has anyone at Cornell used one, and if so, does it work well? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Cornell has wireless called RedRover. I was recently at another university visiting my brother and prior to installing their program, I was told I could not use a router with my ethernet connection. Might hold true here as well.</p>

<p>I believe it is a waste of money unless you get absolutely no connection, wirelessly, in your dorm room or dorm house.</p>

<p>If she wants to play it smart, she should first test it. Then band with the laptop and wireless desktop users and pitch in to get a good wireless router. Ask the university first though. CIT.</p>

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<p>I used one when I lived in the top floor of Becker and didn’t get Redrover reception. It was good to use when studying in the common room and other people’s rooms.</p>

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<p>the wireless in the dorms is generally pretty good, and you wont need a router.</p>

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<p>is there wireless in the townhouses?</p>

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<p>Yes there is, well at least in some apparently.</p>

<p>Red Rover Service Map:
<a href=“Welcome | IT@Cornell”>Welcome | IT@Cornell;

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<p>in the past that red rover chart has been inacurrate…</p>

<p>i know cornell CIT has done some major changes and upgrades to hardware and software…so i guess we’ll just find out when we get there D:</p>

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<p>ughhh…my townhouse doesn’t have it.</p>

<p>I hope resurgambell is right and redrover has been expanded. cornell needs to fix this dorming situation; it’s completely disorganized.</p>

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<p>What’s disorganized about it? Do you not have a room for when you set foot on campus?</p>

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<p>RedRover reception in the dorms is typically pretty bad. All dorm rooms do get a wired connection.</p>

<p>Do you really need a wireless connection on top of your wired connection? Most of the time the answer is no. And if you are put into a newer dorm, a wired connection will be faster than a wireless connection.</p>

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<p>You are allowed to use your own wireless router; see [ResNet</a> Terms and Conditions](<a href=“Welcome | IT@Cornell”>http://www.cit.cornell.edu/resnet/policy/)</p>

<p>In particular, note the following:

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