The Ross School of Business is covered by an 802.11a/b/g wireless network, which provides our students with wireless Internet access throughout the Business School complex and courtyard, as well as other UM campus locations:

	All Business School buildings and courtyards
	Commerce Park Dearborn facility - full coverage
	The Law School - please see their wireless web site at Law School Wireless LAN for details
	Shapiro Undergraduate Library - please see the ITCS wireless information for details
	Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library - please see the ITCS wireless information for details

More information on the campus wireless network is available through ITCS. The Ross wireless network is exclusive and designed to protect our resources for Business School students only, therefore setup for our wireless network has additional steps.

Signal strength will vary and may be blocked by concrete pillars, elevator shafts, doors, etc.

For your convenience, power outlets are available in all main classrooms, the student lounge, group study rooms and the Kresge Library.
 

Many email providers have a website available to access email.  Your University account provided through ITCS is no exception.  You can easily access your email from any computer with internet connection through www.mail.umich.edu.  Login with your uniqname and University password.
 

The R:\Courses folder can be accessed on your laptop and from off campus through the internet using ftp.  The files and folders in R:\Courses are read-only - students cannot save or modify files in this network location.
 

"Virtual Lab" allows you to use the software available on the lab computers anytime with your own laptop or home computer.  Visit the Virtual Lab page to download the application.
 

Storing and accessing your files in your IFS space is easy with mFile.  Simply save your files in your Private folder (or use the Public or Shared folder for sharing files).
 

You and your team members could use email to share files and communicate with each other, so be sure your uniqname@umich.edu email address is forwarding to an account you check regularly.  Also be certain you use your uniqname@umich.edu email address in My iMpact.  Please note that you cannot send attachments through the Student Directory in iMpact.

If you use your ITCS email account, you cannot send attachments that are over 2MB.  To share large files, store them in the Shared or Public folders in your IFS space using mFile.

Use our Office Communications Server (OCS) with Live Meeting to chat, share files and conduct audio/video conferences.

You can create a Project Worksite in CTools.  Visit the Help topics in CTools for instructions.

 

For students living in University Housing, the University provides high-speed Internet access in residence halls via ResComp, and in Northwood Apartments via the Northwood DSL Network Service.

Students who live in group houses or in private residences can obtain high-speed Internet access through any of a number of commercially available Internet service providers.  For a description of high-speed options, see High-Speed Internet Service Options at Your Residence.

If high-speed Internet access is not an option at your residence, another alternative is a commercially provided dial-in Internet service, the most basic means of Internet access available.
 

If you have invested in a wireless card for the Business School wireless network, you may wish to setup a wireless network at home. Many companies make home wireless access points that will work with the same wireless card that you use at the Business School. You can then roam with an internet connection on your laptop around your house and yard.

Be sure to purchase a home system that is compatible with the 802.11a/b/g standard.