Academic Computing Services

Policies:

Francis Marion University provides free basic internet access to students living in university housing via 10Base-T network connectors installed in student rooms. This service is intended to support primarily the academic growth of the student, provide e-mail access, and basic internet browsing capability. Students who require high-volume, high-speed internet access should consider private access via commercial internet service providers (ISPs).

Implied Consent: In accessing the campus network through university supplied connections in the residence area, users agree to abide by the policies of the university and are subject to any applicable federal, state, or local laws and statutes. By connecting to the system, users consent to any activity monitoring deemed appropriate by the university computer system management staff.

The university reserves the right to disconnect users at any time for violation of the policies stated here. Notification of the violation will be forwarded to the Director of Student Affairs and the Vice President for Administration. Reconnection of service must be approved by the Vice President for Administration.

Network access requires the resident student to have a fully functional and personally maintained, network capable computer which includes:

• All critical updates from the operating system vendor installed and maintained
• Antivirus software installed and currently and continuously updated with the vendor’s virus definition or signature files and software patches
• Ethernet driver software correctly configured for the properly installed Ethernet hardware interface compliant with TCP/IP networks and an appropriate length Ethernet patch cable of category 5 wire with RJ-45 connectors.
• A functional operating system on a computer which boots and runs with no critical errors, recognizes all properly installed hardware, and which has an operating system environment conducive to the varied demands of Internet access.

The following activities are considered inappropriate use of university assets, and are therefore prohibited:

• Promotion of commercial business in any form
• Software piracy or copyright infringement
• Any attempt to circumvent security or in any way gain unauthorized access to any computing resources (on- or off-campus)
• Any deliberate practices to waste bandwidth or disrupt the campus network

In order to ensure the integrity of the campus network cabling system, the university imposes the following restrictions:

• Users may not alter or tamper with the data outlets, nor the wiring behind them.
• Users may not connect any network devices to the outlets other than the single 10Base-T network interface card installed with their computers.

In the interest of providing adequate basic service to all users, the university sets the following restrictions for residence area connections:

• No machine on the university’s network in the residence area may be used as a “server” of any kind. This includes, but is not limited to, Web servers, mail servers, FTP servers, news servers, and LAN servers.
• Computers in the residence areas are dynamically assigned IP addresses for internet access. Users may not configure their systems to use another address nor enable others to use their assigned address.
• Users connected to the residence area system may not establish domain names for their computers through free domain name services or by any other means.

*We currently don't support the use of Xboxes on our network.

		Policies: Francis Marion University provides free basic internet access to students living in university housing via 10Base-T network connectors installed in student rooms. This service is intended to support primarily the academic growth of the student, provide e-mail access, and basic internet browsing capability. Students who require high-volume, high-speed internet access should consider private access via commercial internet service providers (ISPs). Implied Consent: In accessing the campus network through university supplied connections in the residence area, users agree to abide by the policies of the university and are subject to any applicable federal, state, or local laws and statutes. By connecting to the system, users consent to any activity monitoring deemed appropriate by the university computer system management staff. The university reserves the right to disconnect users at any time for violation of the policies stated here. Notification of the violation will be forwarded to the Director of Student Affairs and the Vice President for Administration. Reconnection of service must be approved by the Vice President for Administration. Network access requires the resident student to have a fully functional and personally maintained, network capable computer which includes: • All critical updates from the operating system vendor installed and maintained • Antivirus software installed and currently and continuously updated with the vendor’s virus definition or signature files and software patches • Ethernet driver software correctly configured for the properly installed Ethernet hardware interface compliant with TCP/IP networks and an appropriate length Ethernet patch cable of category 5 wire with RJ-45 connectors. • A functional operating system on a computer which boots and runs with no critical errors, recognizes all properly installed hardware, and which has an operating system environment conducive to the varied demands of Internet access. The following activities are considered inappropriate use of university assets, and are therefore prohibited: • Promotion of commercial business in any form • Software piracy or copyright infringement • Any attempt to circumvent security or in any way gain unauthorized access to any computing resources (on- or off-campus) • Any deliberate practices to waste bandwidth or disrupt the campus network In order to ensure the integrity of the campus network cabling system, the university imposes the following restrictions: • Users may not alter or tamper with the data outlets, nor the wiring behind them. • Users may not connect any network devices to the outlets other than the single 10Base-T network interface card installed with their computers. In the interest of providing adequate basic service to all users, the university sets the following restrictions for residence area connections: • No machine on the university’s network in the residence area may be used as a “server” of any kind. This includes, but is not limited to, Web servers, mail servers, FTP servers, news servers, and LAN servers. • Computers in the residence areas are dynamically assigned IP addresses for internet access. Users may not configure their systems to use another address nor enable others to use their assigned address. • Users connected to the residence area system may not establish domain names for their computers through free domain name services or by any other means. *We currently don't support the use of Xboxes on our network.
Home
News and Downloads
Connect
Policies
Support
Contacts
Suggestions
FAQ
Vendors
Wireless