Laptop Use and Home Access
We are currently investigating the connection of Windows Vista machines to our network. At present it looks like you will need the Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition to make network connections.
The use of personal laptops (at the owner's risk) is permitted on the 100 Megabit wired network in some offices and computer rooms. You must register using a form available from http://emlab.berkeley.edu/eml/emlforms/dhcp_app.pdf, or from 687 Evans Hall. Details of the service will be found in this PDF file. It is a requirement of this service that your machine meets our current security standards and the campus Minimum Security Standards for Networked Devices. Failure to comply will result in your access being removed.
You, and any other users of your room, are responsible for the physical security of items in the room. You are also responsible for any mis-use made of your computer.
The department has three AirBears wireless access points on the 6th floor of Evans Hall serving the classrooms, lounge, and section/tutorial rooms. Access point one is in 616, and serves 614, 616, 608-7 and adjacent section rooms, and the north end of 611 (Pexiotto Room). Access point two serves 639. Access point three serves 608-8, 608-11, and most rooms up to 614 in the east core. See http://airbears.berkeley.edu/ for details of this service. Other floors in Evans also have wireless coverage, and the signal from locations outside the department may be usable. Coverage is ever-expanding. A number of businesses (cafes and restaurants) on Euclid are included.
Off-site access to the Library and electronic resources may require that you use the Library proxy server. See http://library.berkeley.edu/Help/connecting_off_campus.html for details, or search the Library site for 'proxy server'.
Remote access to the EML machines
In order to access the EML machines you will need to install an SSH client. The campus licensed tool can be found at Software Central. If you wish to run graphical Unix applications you will need the Hummingbird Exceed package (from Software Central or the department's application libray) and these instructions for tunnelling Unix graphical connections via SSH.
Access to department printers and file storage
Off-Campus network connections to Windows systems require the Cisco VPN Client from Software Central to be installed first. Note: this software may be blocked by local firewall rules.
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These steps only need to be done once
- You must be running Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home. Earlier versions of Windows are not suitable. If you are using Mac OS X Panther or Tiger, see the instructions on the CalNet Active directory Interoperability page.
- Do not do this if your computer is a member of an Active Directory environment for another institution. The Berkeley settings will conflict with those of your home institution.
- You need an active network connection for this to work. Department wired DHCP, AirBears (after you have authenticated), and the Library LIPS service are all suitable.
- Establish a network connection. Commercial or other internet service requires the Cisco VPN client to be installed and connected in order to proceed. Use the first connection option for the Campus VPN, and sign in using your Student (CalNet) ID only. No '@BERKELEY.EDU' suffix is used here. Usually the simple 'Campus' connection is fine. If you have trouble with services via the Library proxy server, use the 'Campus (Full Tunnel)' connection. This does send all your network traffic through campus, however.
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Right-click 'My Network Places', and select
'Map a Network drive'. Enter:
\\econ182.berkeley.edu\HOME\12345678
where '12345678' is your CalnetID (Student ID).- If you are using the campus licensed Symantec Firewall you may
have to enable NETBIOS name resolution to make this work. viz.
Symantec Client Firewall (SCF) [From the SCF README file] Installing the firewall on computers that access other resources using UNC
If you install the firewall on a computer that accesses other resources using UNC (that is, \\server-name\shared-resource-pathname), you will need to change the firewall Default NetBIOS Name rule setting to Permit in order to access shared UNC resources from the computer. - You may also have to add the following entries to Firewall -> Configure
-> Networking -> Trusted
kerberos.berkeley.edu
campus.berkeley.edu
in order for the login to work. This does not appear to be necessary with the Windows firewall or ZoneAlarm at this time.
If you choose the reconnect at login box your machine will try to make this connection every time. This can be inconvenient if you use your computer off-campus.
Click 'Finish'. This will give you the equivalent of your 'T:' drive. The actual drive letter will depend on what you select when you make the connection. It will not map your Park Avenue / FRO desktop or My Documents, but these are available as folders through the network link. - If you are using the campus licensed Symantec Firewall you may
have to enable NETBIOS name resolution to make this work. viz.
- Once you have your Home directory mounted, you can connect to a department printer. In Start -> Run, enter \\econ182.berkeley.edu . This will bring up a list of shared drives and printers. Select the ParkAve printer. You may be asked to permit this printer to be installed. The printer is an HP 4100. We are currently running the PCL (H-P printer language) driver. This process can be slow if you are using a wireless connection. Printer charges do apply.
- The Acrobat Distiller printer driver is available through the same method as above. You can access the Acrobat software via the \\econ182\Acrobat share, and Stata via the \\econ182\Stata share.
- Applications mounted on the file server, such as Stata and the full Acrobat, can be run from \\econ182.berkeley.edu\applications . Note that not all applications listed here are available for general use. Local host firewall settings may interfere, however people have successfully run Acrobat Distiller and Stata from campus microcomputer laboratories and over AirBears.
- If you want to see the current Message of the Day for the Windows system, it is in \\econ182.berkeley.edu\seenmotd\motd.txt . This is normally displayed automatically following an update on department computers.
If you encounter any problems with your use of Park Avenue, send email to . Do not send messages to the Econometrics Laboratory (i.e., do not send messages to trouble, manager, consult, or postmaster as you would if you encountered problems with one of the Suns).