Residential Networking Services

Welcome to the homepage of Residential Networking Services at The College of New Jersey. We are a division of User Support Services (USS) for Information Technology (IT) and specifically deal with connecting TCNJ student residents to the campus network, including enabling Internet access and privileges. We also provide support to students with networking issues as well as problems due to viruses, worms, spyware, and other forms of malicious software.

You will find this site to be a useful guide on how to connect your computer to the Internet and protect your computer from any harm. If you have any questions or difficulties, we encourage you to contact us at our office in Green Hall Room 2 or call us at x3138 in order to seek assistance.

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm, and Friday 10am-5pm
(please call x3138 to schedule an appoitment)

Network Access Control	8/20/09
Just a reminder to returning students that you no longer need to register your computer's Hardware Address with the RES.net Application. You only need to install and login through the NAC.

Network Access Control

(go live date) 8/10/09

TCNJ now employs a Network Access Control or NAC device to help prevent a computer from becoming a victim of virus, spyware, spam, or trojans, and also from spreading such malware. The NAC also replaces the Resnet application with an electronic equivalent that associates a TCNJ community member with a computer. A summary of the College’s security requirements is:

use appropriate and up-to-date anti-virus software
keep your computer up-to-date with operating system patches
do not use peer to peer file sharing applications

The information collected by the NAC includes your username, IP address, MAC address, and security profile of your machine gathered from the state of your anti-virus software, operating system update settings, and any peer to peer file sharing applications. This information resides on a TCNJ server and is not transmitted off campus.

Microsoft Office	8/09
Microsoft is again offering their "Ultimate Steal" for Office Ultimate 2007. For $59.95 you get Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, OneNote, Groove, Publisher, Access, Info Path, and Accounting Express.