Networking

Visitors to Campus

To connect to the Internet on campus, select Dartmouth Public from the list of available public networks.

For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions about Dartmouth's Wireless Network.

Dartmouth maintains two campus networks, wired and wireless.

The Dartmouth campus network has a fiber optic backbone organized in a star topology, providing 120+ building networks with 30,000+ active data network ports, as well as a campus-wide wireless network

Network Speeds (Wired)

• Core network: 10gbps (gigabits per second)
• Room jacks: 100mbps (megabits per second)

Network Speeds (Wireless)

• The wireless network supports 802.11a/b/g wireless clients
• Speeds up to 54mbps are supported

Internet Access Speeds

• Commodity Internet: 400mbps (megabits per second)
• Internet2 network (Abilene): 155mbps (megabits per second)

To Access Dartmouth's Resources from Other Locations

• Connecting to Dartmouth Resources from Off-Campus

For issues with connectivity, see:

• Macintosh Network Troubleshooting
• Windows Network Troubleshooting

To replace an expired certificate, see:

• Configuring Your Computer to Use Dartmouth's Wireless Network