Planned Network Maintenance

Planned wired network upgrade, June 8th through to June 12th Dear all, Just before the lock down we had placed an order to replace our physical wired network infrastructure. That work for obvious reasons the project got postponed, however we are now ready to proceed with the upgrade. The plan Read more…

eduroam – quick guide

First connect to the Internet by signing into The Cloud or using your own mobile data, then go to https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/ to register for a Remote Access Account. PLEASE NOTE: If you have an Android device install the eduroamCAT tool from the ‘Google Plan Store’ before continuing. On the device you Read more…

Networks @ Somerville 2019-20

A quick introduction/reminder of what each network at Somerville College is capable of for the start of term. This might get rather technical so a quick summary: The SOMERVILLE wireless network has more bandwidth available than EDUROAM or The Cloud combined. The SOMERVILLE network does not limit bandwidth per device Read more…

Unsupported devices

The University and College wireless network use a connection protocol called 802.1x which uses special security principals which are not supported on a number of home (consumer) devices. University’s that use eduroam (and most of them do) are using 802.1x. With that in mind, we have tried to compile a Read more…

Download Microsoft Office 365 Apps via Nexus365

PLEASE NOTE The download of Microsoft Office is based on University Card status – check your University service entitlement here: https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/iam/registration/service_entitlements   NB – Unfortunately, the University is unable to provide licences for any Microsoft products to staff and academics with University Card status “Retired”.   If you are entitled Read more…