Campus Network 

Tips & Tricks

When you bring a computer on campus, there are a number of puzzle pieces to be put into place in order to get connected to the campus network:

Helpful tips provided below

IMPORTANT: If you are moving from one building to another, this usually requires an updated registration. In almost all cases, each building has it's own IP space and your host registration is likely to have been tied to the previous building's IP space. 

Info on updating registration is provided below  


Please contact us at oec@ucsd.edu if you have any questions on network connections or are unsure which steps you need to take.


First-Time Wired Network Registration (one or two devices)

To register a new wired host, please utilize the registration form provided by ITS.

https://netapps-web.ucsd.edu/secure/etherreg/etherform.pl

Important Notes:

First-Time Wired Network Registrations (more than two)

If you are registering more than two devices, ITS asks that you do not use the host registration form. 

Here are their instructions for bulk registrations:

https://netapps-web.ucsd.edu/dnms/ether/multmach.html

First-Time Wireless Device Registration

If you are able to use the UCSD-PROTECTED network, then you should not need to register your device. 


If your wireless device is not compatible with UCSD-PROTECTED, then you will need to fill out the wireless registration form.

https://netapps-web.ucsd.edu/secure/etherreg/wirelessform.pl 


Important Notes:

Updating / Removing Existing Registrations

You will need to submit a request to hostmaster@ucsd.edu if:

In this request, please include: