Network Services
Wireless Network Access
Access to the internal internet for employees is provided via VPN or SSH.
Brookhaven Wireless Access Policy
Visitor Wireless Access
A Visitor Wireless Network named [Corus] is advertised and available for visitors to connect. The Visitor Wireless Network is intended for use by transient users and is accessed around the campus. It is supported by Aruba enterprise-grade WI-FI access points.
Wireless Access Tools
- Guest Reg: Create a temporary guest user (similar to the old conference system).
- My Devices: See the devices you have registered on the wireless network and be able to extend the expiration date or manually retire them.
Web mail is fully supported. Non BNL email clients that talk directly to mail servers will only be able to receive email and not be able to send email via the SMTP port (25). Currently there are no SMTP relay servers provisioned for the visitor network at this time.
Please ask your home institution about web email access or authenticated SMTP to port 587.
Wireless Printing
Printing is available using a mechanism called CUPS (Common Unix Printing System). CUPS will allow wireless users the ability to print directly to network printers. CUPS provides backward compatible lp/lpr programs.
Laptops or other computers connected to the Visitor Networks at Brookhaven National Laboratory do not have access to the same printers as those connected to the internal network. The procedures for adding a printer while connected to the Visitor Network are the same as for the internal network. The host names are all the same as well. The difference is that cups.bnl.gov on the Visitor Network does not have the same selection of printers as cups.bnl.gov on the internal network.
Please contact the Help Desk for help for setting up your printer on the visitor network.
What is eduroam?
eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming access
service developed for the international research and education
community. eduroam allows students, researchers and staff from
participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus
and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening
their laptop.
How does eduroam differ from Corus?
eduroam
- Requires log in with BNL username/password
- No registration of wireless device
- Traffic is encrypted
Corus
- No authentication to connect
- Device has to be registered
- No encryption
How can I access eduroam?
Pre-packaged installers are available for laptops and mobile devices.
- Laptops:
Home Institution: Brookhaven National Lab- Download the pre-packaged installer at https://cat.eduroam.org/
- Mobile Devices:
Home Institution: Brookhaven National Lab- iOS - Download the pre-packaged installer at https://cat.eduroam.org/
- Android - Download and install the eduroam CAT app from the playstore, then download the pre-packaged installer at https://cat.eduroam.org/
Important: The username you provide must be in the correct format (username@bnl.gov) as pictured below:
What if I need help?
Support for BNL staff is provided by the BNL helpdesk (even when
traveling) 631-344-5522.
Where do I find out more?
More information is available at
www.eduroam.org and
www.eduroam.us.
- Members (US/International participating institutions and maps)
