- Connection Requirements
Your phone provides high speed Local Area Network (LAN) access to the Algonquin College network. You will require the following before connecting to the network:
- 10/100base T Network Interface Card (NIC) needs to be installed in your computer. (Algonquin College has a computer store located next to the bookstore. They will help you if you need to purchase a NIC, or need help installing the card.)
- You must be able to log into your computer with different profiles.
- Your network settings must be DHCP enabled.
- We strongly recommend that you install Anti-Virus software and continually maintain the virus definitions.
- If a computer connected to the Residence network is found to be broadcasting a virus, the network connection to that computer will be disabled until the Resident provides a log file from their anti-virus software reporting that the computer is virus free.
- We recommend that you install a personal firewall.
- We recommend that you disable File and Print sharing on your computer to ensure that your computer is not maliciously used by others.
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- Internet Usage
- There are no limits placed on access to the College’s network used for academic purposes and all network services available at the College are also available to occupants of the College’s Residence.
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Below are some things you should be aware of before connecting your computer to the Algonquin College network.
- Internet bandwidth availability
- During normal business hours bandwidth limitations are enforced. What does this mean to you? This means that the Residence bandwidth availability to the Internet is reduced during the day. To enhance your connection to the Internet during business hours we suggest that you configure a proxy server in your browser settings.
- Upload/Download limits
- Use of the Internet has evolved rapidly from emailing and occasional surfing. Students are choosing to upload and download (send and receive) digital pictures, multiplayer games, and music and video clips.
To keep pace with our student’s evolving Internet usage needs, Algonquin College, like all Internet service providers, must continually invest in expanding and upgrading our network. One of the ways we are addressing this need is by examining a charge for bandwidth activity that exceeds a limit on the amount of data uploaded and downloaded.
- How much does bandwidth cost and what is the charge?
- Currently there is no charge for bandwidth activity.
- ITS Help Desk
The following are the services provided to Student Residents from the ITS Help Desk:
- To contact the ITS Help Desk you can either call 727 4723 ext 5555 or send an e-mail to 5555@algonquincollege.com.
- Telephone or Voicemail issues – any troubles with your Residence phone should be reported to the ITS Help Desk. Phone and/or voicemail configuration issues will be repaired remotely. It may be necessary to book an appointment for a technician to investigate the problem further and implement any needed changes or repairs.
- Network connections – The Help Desk will do some basic troubleshooting and will ensure that your connection is live. If you are having difficulties connecting your computer to the College network, the Help Desk technicians will provide assistance. In addition, they will also assist in mapping your College provided shared disk space (“n: drive”), set up your PC to send and receive e-mail, set up your proxy settings, and they will provide a cable to connect your PC to phone connection.
- The Help Desk does not provide support for installing / troubleshooting software or hardware. For this your will need to make other arrangements. (The Algonquin College Computer Store can be contracted to provide this service if desired.)
- Algonquin College Network Account
- Most students at Algonquin College will be provided with a network account. As a user of the College network you agree to the following policies (please refer to the ITS web site http://www.algonquincollege.com/its for an updated version of these policies):
Acceptable Use Policy computing and networking facilities at Algonquin are provided for the use of Algonquin faculty, staff, and students in support of the mission of the College. All faculty, staff and students are responsible for seeing that these computing facilities are used lawfully, ethically, and courteously.
The College is responsible for securing its facilities to a reasonable and economically feasible degree against unauthorized access and/or abuse. This responsibility includes informing users of expected standards of conduct and the resultant measures for not adhering to them.
- Responsibilities
- The users of the network are responsible for respecting and adhering to local, provincial, federal and international laws, the Internet service provider's Acceptable Use Policy, as well as the policies of the College.
- Computers and networks can provide access to resources on and off campus, as well as the ability to communicate with other users worldwide. Such open access is a privilege, and requires that individual users act responsibly. Users must respect the rights of other users, respect the integrity of the systems and related physical resources.
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- FILE SHARING and COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT
PLEASE NOTE THE COPYING OR SHARING OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL AT THE COLLEGE IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN AND MAY RESULT IN DISIPLINARY ACTION INCLUDING DISMISSAL FROM THE COLLEGE. For more information please review the College policy on copyright infringement at http://www.algonquincollege.com/its/support/account/policies.html
(The following is taken from the CRIA web site at www.cria.ca.)
- Piracy is a generic term used to describe the theft of intellectual property, including sound recordings that are protected by Copyright law. Piracy of sound recordings refers to the unauthorized and therefore unlawful reproduction or copying of sound recordings and distribution of unlawfully made copies of sound recordings on a commercial scale. Piracy of sound recordings is an infringement of the copyright owner's exclusive rights in its sound recordings and is a violation of the Copyright Act. The Copyright Act states that: "It is an infringement of copyright for any person to do, without the consent of the owner of the copyright, anything that by this Act only the owner of the copyright has the right to do." "Infringing means in relation to a sound recording in respect of which copyright subsists, any copy of it made or dealt with in contravention of this Act...".
- Internet Piracy
Unauthorized use of sound recordings on the internet is a growing problem which has implications worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of unauthorized copies of sound recordings are available on music files that utilize a compression process known as MP3, which allows down loading and hence further unauthorized copying.
These sites which make available MP3 music files of unauthorized copies of sound recordings are depriving the recording artists, composers, authors and record companies of the right to choose the value of their creative property in a free and open market. These MP3 sites are also depriving governments of income from sales and excise taxes which would otherwise be paid for the sale of sound recordings on physical carriers such as CD's and tapes, which are displaced by down loading unauthorized copies from the internet.
- CRIA is participating in a global response to internet piracy that is orchestrated by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) along with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). High tech automated web crawlers search for sites on the internet where unauthorized copies are available for down loading and identify the location and site operator or service provider. CRIA takes action to secure evidence of infringement of copyright in sound recordings offered on the identified sites in Canada. Notification in writing is sent to the website operators, service providers or both, informing them of the infringing copies of sound recordings on the music files of the sites they host and the legal implications if they do not voluntarily cease and desist offering the infringing copies on these sites.
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