Internet and Wi-Fi

Internet
Unfortunately, there is no Wi-Fi in the dorm. We were told we would be getting it around October sometime, but we never got it. The assistants from the previous year were also told they would get it, and also never got it. However, you can talk to André 3000 who is the tech guy at the school, and also a math professor. He will give you the information for the school network and cables. You can attach your computer to the wall in one of the classrooms and surf from there. The internet speed is faster in the classroom than the computer in the hallway of the Internat. There are also computers available in the teachers' lounge. Ask André 3000 to give you a log-in so you can use these computers. From these computers you can also get all of the teacher's schedules and the student group schedules, it's a program called E.D.T. (Emploi de Temps).

As of this year (2009) there was Wi-Fi installed in the teacher's lounge. If you want to use the Wi-Fi in the teacher's lounge, ask André 3000 to add your computer to the "accepted computers" on the Wi-Fi network. He will ask for your MAC address of your computer. See the bottom of this article for directions on how to find your MAC address. It's nice to have access to the Wi-Fi, because you can go to a classroom above the teacher's lounge (215, 217, and 219 in particular) and have full access to the wifi when school is not in session.


Finding Mac Address
Windows XP
-Start
-Run
-type "cmd" then hit enter
-type "getmac" then hit enter
Your MAC address will be 6 sets of 2 digits and letters (00-1F-3B-55-20-25) and under "Transport Name" on the right, it will look something like "\Device\Tcpip_{0932938..."

Windows Vista
-Start
-In the "Start Seach" box, type cmd
-Follow directions as above

Mac (from Apple's website)
"Choose Apple System Profiler from the Apple menu, and locate the hardware address, which is under the Network section of the System Profile tab."