Every bedroom should have at least one Ethernet port. If you plug into it and configure your computer to use DHCP, it should work right away.
Some rooms, due to human stupidity, don't have a wired port but they are slowly being re-wired. If it is important to you to have one, email the network manager hipnm@bsc.coop and you will get priority.
SonicHipnotic_5
* This is the preferred network for smartphones and personal computers. Anything you actually use to browse the web or stream movies.
* This network uses the new password
SonicHipnotic_2
* This is a network for smartphones, personal computers, and streaming devices which for some reason can't use the 5GHz network.
* You may also need this in the garden
* This network uses the new password
SonicHipnotic_adfree
* This is the new version of our "adfree" network
* this is experimental, and performance is not guaranteed
* It is for the same types of devices as the other sonichipnotic networks : NO IOT
* This network uses the new password
* This network also uses only the 5GHz radio
Windows computers that do not have the latest updates and are not running up-to-date anti-virus software may catch a virus within minutes of being connected to the internet. Macintosh and Linux machines are also vulnerable. They can make it impossible to use your computer and can also slow down or even crash the network for the whole house. Please run anti-virus software and keep it up-to-date. A free antivirus program that doesn't slow your computer down much is Avira Antivir. Berkeley students can also download other anti-virus software for free at [WWW] http://software.berkeley.edu/
Please avoid torrenting – our network provider has already threatened to terminate our service (08/2021).
***All questions regarding the network, server and house computers can be directed to hipnm@bsc.coop***