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Most dorm rooms at Dartmouth have white boxes mounted on a wall to provide WiFi and Wired network connections. The look like the following picture:
On the bottom of the white box are Ethernet jacks for your use.
They are labelled:
ETH1/PSE, ETH2, ETH3, PASS THRU
The ETH1/PSE jack provides both Ethernet Data and Power over Ethernet. If you are connecting a VoIP phone, it should be connected here. You may connect non-PoE devices to this jack as well. Power will not be provided to the jack unless the connected device is designed to accept it.
The ETH2 and ETH3 jacks provide Ethernet Data only.
Not all dorm buildings can have the PASS THRU jack activated. If you need a 4th jack in your room and the PASS THRU jack is not working, please open a ticket with the Service Desk to find out if it can be activated for you. This jack can also provide PoE power if available.
Note: The LED Lights on Access Points installed in Dorm Rooms have been disabled due to numerous student concerns about it being on while trying to sleep. Lack of an illuminated light on an Access Point in a Dorm Room does not mean that there is a malfunction.
Some dorm rooms may not have one of these boxes installed. If this is the case in your room, there should be a wired Ethernet jack on a wall for your use. WiFi will be provided to your room by equipment located in rooms adjacent to yours.
Wired Ethernet jacks typically look like the following (colors and style of connectors, and quantities of connectors may differ):
Not all connections may be active. If one connection does not work, please try another. If you still cannot get a wired Ethernet connection to work, please submit a service request to ITC.
Cable TV / Coaxial connections are not active in any building on campus, nor can they be activated.