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1. Connecting to an active network jackLast revision February 26, 2008
The first step in connecting your computer, printer, or other device to the Earth Sciences computer network is to verify that you have an active network jack available. Although wireless network service is also available in all Earth Sciences buildings, it is recommended for only portable or occasional use. The wired network jacks provide substantially higher speed connections with better security. Also, a wired connection is needed to complete network self-registration, regardless of whether you intend to work from a wired or wireless connection. The School of Earth Sciences provides fast ethernet (100 Megabits/second) connections at "Telecommunications Service Outlets" (TSOs) in every room in Braun Hall (Geology Corner), Mitchell Earth Sciences, and Green Earth Sciences, free of charge. The new Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building (Y2E2) TSOs have gigabit (1000 Megabits/second) connections that are separately managed by the School of Engineering, but this page provides basic information for that building as well. Branner Library, although housed on the second floor of Mitchell, is part of the separately managed Library network. Mitchell, Green, and Geology Corner TSOs contain white telephone jacks and orange network jacks. In Y2E2, all jacks are the same blue color: the leftmost two in the top row are reserved for VoIP telephones only; others are for computer network connections. Departments arrange telephone service directly with the Communications Services group on campus. The School's network manager controls the network jacks. You must supply your own cables and converters as needed within the room. Be sure to purchase ethernet patch cables that meet "Category 5" (or higher) standards in order to support fast ethernet speeds. These are available at the Stanford Bookstore or Fry's Electronics, as well as many mail-order retailers, such as CDW. Active jack locationsThe School's standard in its three main buildings is to provide an adequate number of network jacks in every office and lab for "normal" use. This is defined as two devices per student; up to four devices per faculty or staff; and all devices as needed in labs. In the Y2E2 building, the School of Engineering is providing at least two active network jacks per TSO. Additional activations can be requested through the Earth Sciences network manager. In Mitchell Earth Sciences and Geology Corner (Braun Hall) buildings, generally every orange network jack is fully active for 10/100 BaseT ethernet service. In Green Earth Sciences, which has many more TSOs than the other buildings, generally only three out of four orange network jacks per TSO is active (the lower right one is generally inactive). Active jacks were labeled with a small "10/100" sticker, which may have fallen off. In Y2E2, on four-jack TSOs, the bottom two jacks are active for 10/100/1000 BaseT ethernet service. On six or eight jack TSOs, the second and third pairs (on the left side) are generally active. If there are no free active jacks on the nearest TSO, or a labeled jack does not appear to work, contact the network manager.
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