Access to the NYUMC wireless network has recently been finalized in the Skirball Institute. Over the next few weeks we will make connection instructions available on this web page. These instructions should work for all NYUMC access points in Skirball, and other locations as well.

The first thing to realize is that this wireless network is not meant to be a replacement for the existing wired Ethernet network. It's an addition and has certain restrictions, and of course, by nature, it is slower, a lot slower than the new Gigabit Ethernet network:)

The new wireless network doesn't require any VPN clients.

While connected to the wireless network there is no default domain assigned, such as skb.med.nyu.edu, srb.med.nyu.edu, etc. Therefore to access Saturn or Titan or any other computer or printer on the network you will have to type the full DNS name of the machine: saturn.med.nyu.edu, titan.skb.med.nyu.edu, smith03.skb.med.nyu.edu, smithlabptr.skb.med.nyu.edu, etc. Unless, you add one manually, it's covered at the end of every instruction page.

There are actually two wireless networks available. One is accessible to NYUMC members who can log in using their Active Directory username and password and it allows you to connect to Saturn file shares and print to local printers. The other one allows guest access but it only offers connection to the Internet without any access to local network: no connection to Saturn shares, other computers and printers in the building. However, the guest network is not quite fnalized yet.

Neither network will allow you access to the Skirball KeyServer. However, you should be able to change your KeyServer to keyserver.med.nyu.edu and still be able to use Microsoft Office and Adobe programs. DNA Star and FileMaker Pro are not be available via the wireless networks.

You will need your Active Directory username and password to connect to the wireless network.

Your Active Directory username is the same as your Kerberos ID but your Active Directory password may or may not be the same as your email/Saturn/Popmail/LDAP password. If you don't know it you can reset your Active Directory password from this webpage. If you don't know your Kerberos ID look yourself up in the NYUMC Directory. It lists the Kerberos ID. It's the first five characters of your last name, your first name initial and a sequentail number with a leading zero. If your last name is shorter than 5 characters then your entire name will be included in the first part of the Kerberos ID and the ID will be, of course, accordingly shorter.

Below, you will find links to instructions for both NYUMC users as well as guest aces for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Vista (later). Please bear with us as we gradually make these pages available