Network Access

Overview

Access to the campus network is provided through secure, high-speed wireless and wired connections.

Available To

Students, Faculty, Staff, Affiliates, and Guests

Features

• The hillspot wireless network enables secure Wi-Fi that ensures identity protection and encrypted data transmission.
• The guest wireless network allows guest of the college non-secure access to Internet resources.
• State of the art access points enable 802.11 a/g/n and AC Wave 2 connections to provide wireless speeds up to 1 Gbps.
• hillspot and guest are accessible in all buildings on campus and in the following outdoor locations.  Note that building wireless may bleed outside around a building and provide a useable signal.
  • Duffy – seating area in the rear-facing the parking lot
  • MacPhaidin Library – seating area out front
  • May Hall – seating area facing the quad
  • Meehan – seating areas out front facing the quad and in the rear-facing the pond
  • O’Hara  – seating area on the back deck
  • South Quad – seating area and hard scape between O’Hara, Shields, and Martin
• Secure wired connections are available through ethernet jacks located in residence hall rooms, offices, classrooms, conference rooms and other spaces on campus.
• Wired connections provide dedicated bandwidth, and the best experience for voice, video, and gaming applications.
• Students can register their gaming and media devices on the wired network.  Using the wired network for these devices allow for the best user experience.

Getting Started

• If you are in a classroom with a laptop, a network cable is available on the podium.
• Plug your Ethernet cable into any active wall jack and the corresponding port on your computer.
• Members of the college community that have a Stonehill account and are on campus can connect to the hillspot secure wireless network.
• Users of hillspot wireless or a wired connection must go through Device Authentication before the connection will work, if the device has not yet been registered.
• Guests visiting the Stonehill campus can select the guest wireless network from their device’s wireless settings.
• Refer to the Knowledge Base resources found under Network Access and Device Authentication for additional assistance.