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Internet Connection Options

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Wireless and Wired Public Internet Access

Wired and wireless access to the Internet from the main UT Austin campus and PRC

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Departments
  • Simple, secure wireless connections that use 802.1x authentication with 'restricted.utexas.edu'
  • Wireless connections available in almost every building on campus (refer to the wireless access coverage map)
  • Wired connections available in many labs and libraries (refer to the wired access coverage directory)

Resnet: Residence Hall Network

Provides wired and wireless Internet access in the campus residence halls.

Cost: $20/month for 4 GB/week, $30/month for 8 GB/week, $40/month for 12 GB/week

  • Students
  • Wired and wireless access to the campus network and the Internet from your dorm room
  • Three service plans, tiered to match how you use the Internet

Virtual Private Network

Allows you to securely access the university's internal network just as if you were connected on campus.
Green IT: Working from remote locations reduces travel and therefore your carbon footprint.

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Desktop IPSec client available for download from BevoWare
  • Web-based SSL client for Windows XP and Windows Vista users
  • Enables connections to your desktop Exchange client to read e-mail stored on a campus Exchange e-mail server
  • Connect to a mapped drive, personal folder on the network, or printer from off-campus
  • Use certain departmental services
  • Protect transmissions between your home computer and the UT network from being intercepted and read by someone on the Internet
  • VPN Private groups allows department network TSCs to grant off-campus access to members of their private groups using TSC utilities

Mobile Services

Access campus maps, the UT directory, Daily Texan headlines, on campus events, and more from your mobile device

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Access using http://mobile.utexas.edu or http://www.utexas.mobi
  • Search the UT Austin Directory for contact information
  • Find your next class or meeting using Campus Maps
  • Receive and respond to your Premier e-mail account, view service alerts, or contact the Help Desk in the “Computing” section
  • Read headline news from the Daily Texan
  • Preview residence hall dinner menus, find Bevo Bucks merchants, and check computer lab availability in the “Student Life” section
  • Check UT sports schedules
  • Find links with useful information about Austin