The Informatics network

Quick guides

• Wireless network (Wi-Fi, WLAN).
• How to connect a laptop to the wired network in the Forum.
• How to find the MAC address of a computer.
• Network access for Informatics events.
• VPNs.

In more detail

The School of Informatics manages its own network. It's linked to the University of Edinburgh network and beyond. How you connect depends on where you are:

The Informatics Forum:

• Using the wired network in the Informatics Forum.
• Subnets and VLANs in the Forum.
• Network ports in the Forum.
• How to connect Self-managed machines in the Forum.

Appleton Tower:

• Using the wired network in Appleton Tower.
• Subnets and VLANs in Appleton Tower.
• Network ports in Appleton Tower.
• How to connect Self-managed machines in Appleton Tower.
• Commercialisation and spin-off activities have different network arrangements.

Elsewhere:

• Using the network from outwith the School - we have a firewall.
• The Informatics OpenVPN connects you securely to the Informatics network from anywhere.
• Internal and external connectivity - how we connect to the University and to the world.

Miscellaneous

• Authentication - what is Kerberos?
• DNS - what our DNS service offers.
• NTP - we run a time synchronisation service. Your computer should use it.
• Power outages - emergency power arrangements, and what to do if the power fails.
• The Self-managed server rooms can house your rack-mounted servers.
• Apple network issues - please turn off Apple Internet Sharing.
• Technical documentation.
• Traffic analyses for the Informatics Forum.
• Traffic analyses for Appleton Tower.
• Traffic analyses for the Bayes Centre.