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

By Chris Bamber, ago

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

By Chris Bamber, ago

Removing old or problematic versions of Microsoft Office

Here are some tools that can help you remove an old version of Microsoft Office if you are having issues trying to install the new Office 365 Licence Removal Tool (LRT) http://aka.ms/LRT Office cleanup tool (OffScrub) https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/uninstall-office-from-a-pc-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5dbf61d8 Access work or school Click the windows button > your login picture > Read more

By Chris Bamber, ago

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

By Chris Bamber, ago

AV Facilities – update January 2019

For internal AV support booking requests please <click here> You can now set your slides to widescreen in all College AV rooms (MTC, FAH, ERR, NPR, Park 5) with screens. To find details of how to do this in PowerPoint <click here>. College Digital Signage Lodge entrance and Library loggia Read more

By Chris Bamber, ago

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

By Chris Bamber, ago

Problems connecting to Nexus365?

Older versions of TLS will no longer connect to Nexus365 after October 2018 Microsoft have announced that from the end of October 2018 they will only accept TLS 1.2 connections – support for older versions of TLS will no longer be accepted. In order to connect securely to Nexus365 you Read more

By Chris Bamber, ago

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

By Chris Bamber, ago