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Frequently Asked Questions

SpartanLink is the NSU campus network created for student access. It allows access to the Internet for web browsing. It consists of two parts, traditional wired connections and wireless access. SpartanLink-WiFi is the wireless portion. It allows students to use a laptop with a wireless network card to connect to the NSUWIRELESS network.

A wireless network is collection of wireless access points (WAP’s) configured similarly and connected to a traditional wired network. These WAP’s or AP’s then provide access to network resources from wireless capable devices such as laptops. The most common application used is a web browser to connect to the Internet.

Wireless networking allows you to use a wireless network adapter in your laptop to access the NSU student network and the Internet without physically connecting to an Ethernet jack.

Wireless networking is the use of radio frequency signals to connect portable workstations - such as laptops or wireless enabled handheld devices - to a wireless network.  The concept is very similar to the way that a cordless phone works.

The latest coverage map can be found at (http://www.nsu.edu/WIFI/WirelessCoverageNSUCampus.htm ).

The 802.11b and 802.11g wireless network protocols have a range of about 300 feet in a large open space, such as an auditorium, and about 100 feet in a typical indoor office environment. Transmission speeds decrease as the number of users and the distance between the laptop and the access point increases.

The speed of the 802.11b wireless network is 11 MB shared. The speed of the 802.11g wireless network is 54 MB shared. As the number of users on a given access point increases the available bandwidth (aka speed) will be reduced proportionally during that connection period. In other words, the more users on a given access point, the slower the network.

NSUWIRELESS employs WPA2 Enterprise with AES encryption on all connections.  These protocols ensure only authorized users are allowed to use the network, and, their traffic is unable to be read.

No. You will not be able to send or receive email via Outlook / Outlook Express. You can access your NSU email through your web browser here (http://www.nsu.edu/webmail).

A lot, but to simplify, NSUWIRELESS is setup to protect your data and the computers used to manage it. It use encryption to hide your traffic from anyone else. Besides the Internet, you have access to other services like Instant Messaging and Voice over IP. NSUWIRELESS provides higher speeds to make your Facebooking, video streaming, and music listening more enjoyable. As an NSU customer, NSUWIRELESS was setup for you.

NSUGUEST is designed for use by visitors and guests. It is very restricted. While basic Internet browsing is available, other services such as Instant Messaging, VoIP and some mail clients may not work. The network is bandwidth restricted; therefore, you may find that watching videos and listening to music may be choppy and unreliable.

Because NSU employs security protocols on NSUWIRELESS, many wireless enabled handheld device’s and game consoles will not work on SpartanLink-WiFi. Check with your wireless enabled handheld device’s manufacturer for more details on WPA2 Enterprise support.

You will be able to set up several configurations to use other networks if you would like. Whether or not it will work depends on the requirements of the individual network and the type of security on them.

 

     
     
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