This page is about problems caused by Apple's sleep proxy. This can sometimes be turned off on Macs; it's not clear if it can be on their other products. It also cautions against inadvertent enabling of DHCP service behaviour.
If you need to get access to files on a remote machine, but the filespace on that machine isn't normally visible from your machine, you can often access it using sshfs.
Here's a brief 'quickstart' guide intended for new staff members and students in the Forum who have been allocated a desk, and who would like to connect their laptop to the wired network:
Please read the School's self-managed and personal machines policy first. If you connect to the network your use will be governed by this policy.
Detailed information about how to find the MAC address of your computing device, for a variety of platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, etc.)
Linux has a very powerful command line environment. To use the command line, you need to open a terminal window - sometimes called a shell window. This page shows how to open a terminal window.
AlsaMixer is one of the least deceptive of the volume control apps available on DICE. However operating it is still not entirely straightforward.
Launch AlsaMixer in a terminal using $ alsamixer. This starts the mixer with your default ALSA sound card. You'll see something like the following:
This page explains how to alter screensaver and display preferences in order to save energy or increase security.
iOS is the operating system for Apple iPhones, and iPadOS is the version for iPads.
With an ssh app, you can log in to an Informatics computer from these devices.
The App Store offers a choice of ssh apps. You should choose a highly rated ssh app such as Shelly, Termius or WebSSH.
Before you can use ssh, your device will need to be using a VPN - either the University VPN or the School's OpenVPN. The VPN page can help with that.
To get a self-managed computer on to the wired network in Appleton Tower, please fill in a Support Request. In your message, please include the computer's MAC address, its serial number and its host name. The Computing Support team will tell you when you can connect it to a network port.
A 'self-managed' computer is one that is not managed by the School - so that's anything other than DICE Linux, Windows Managed Desktop, or Managed Mac.
In addition to our overall computing Policies and guidelines: