Resident and Non-Resident Students

It is strongly advised for the protection of your data that your system is equipped with up-to-date virus protection (configured for daily updates) and up-to-date operating system security patches (configured for daily updates). Unprotected systems are highly susceptible to infection and often become infected without any visible signs.

For all resident students, a hard-wired data connection port is available in each room for network connectivity

For students with WIFI capability, an open wireless environment exists around the University. Please see http://it.udmercy.edu for a map of covered areas.

Faculty, Staff and Administration

Complex networking environments with multiple constituencies that span across a metropolitan area require strong oversight to ensure the delivery of education and the operations of the institution are reliable and efficient. To that end, the faculty, staff and administration network is more tightly governed than the student and open WIFI network. Connections to the hard-wired network infrastructure are limited to University owned equipment which meet the University’s hardware standard and which are properly configured with the University’s virus protection system and updated daily for all virus and security patches.

Installation of any equipment on the network should be formally requested through the http://helpdesk.udmercy.edu system two weeks prior to use.

Please note: equipment acquired under special circumstances such as grants, donations, etc. is subject to meet the University’s standards prior to connectivity. Not all donations are officially accepted.

Any compromised system will be immediately disconnected from the network. One compromised system can easily bring all network connectivity down.

Under no circumstances is non-University equipment connected to the network.

Information Technology Services
Last Updated: 7/5/05