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Access the CSUCI network from the CI Boating Center

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ITS is pleased to announce that the CI Wi-Fi service has been extended to the Oxnard/Port Hueneme coastal areas.  Networking equipment has recently been installed at the Channel Islands Boating Center improving access to the campus Wi-Fi there for CI Students/Staff/Faculty.

When you're at the boating center select available networks "Eduroam" or "CI,"  and login using your university credentials.

The new networking signals at the CI Boating Center are strong and robust enough for multiple users to access the network at the same time from the parking lot and areas just outside of the boating center facility. Anyone with  CI credentials or credentials recognized by Eduroam can get good quality internet access from the comfort of their vehicles in nearly 150 parking spaces.

The Channel Islands Boating Center is located at

3880 Bluefin Circle
Oxnard, CA 93035

If you have any questions about this or would like to give feedback on this new service, please submit an ITS Service Request or contact the Shared Services Solution Center at 805-437-8552.

Improved wireless coverage outside of Broome Library

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During our fall 2014 Tech Fair, we received feedback from many students about the quality of wireless access in the open areas around Broome Library.

We're pleased to announce that in collaboration with Facilities Services and our strategic partner Pinnacle, we've dramatically improved the wireless coverage in the Central Mall and Broome Library plaza.

So enjoy CI's great warm spring weather and study outside! Feel free to contact the T&C Help Desk at helpdesk@csuci.edu or call 805-437-8552 to report any problems.

Broome Library plaza (photo: Isaac Hsieh / flickr CC)

CI network upgrade status - 3/26

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The network upgrade is over 85% complete and on schedule. Work continues on administrative and facilities-related buildings and infrastructure; 10 buildings remain to be migrated.

The current schedule and real-time status updates can be viewed in this Google Sheet.

Any remaining issues encountered after a building has been migrated should be reported to the T&C Help Desk at 805-437-8552 or by email at helpdesk@csuci.edu.


Thanks for your ongoing patience as we continue to improve the speed and reliability of the campus network. 

Eduroam - Free Access To Secure Wi-Fi At Participating Institutions

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As a participating member of Eduroam, CI students and employees now has the ability to securely access Wi-Fi networks when visiting participating Eduroam campuses free of charge.


There are more than 150 Eduroam campuses in the US and thousands around the world, with new campuses added every week. View a list of participating Eduroam campuses.

When visiting other campuses, students and employees can look for the Eduroam Wi-Fi SSID and use their CI email address and password to join the network. Guests from other Eduroam-participating institutions can connect to CI's Eduroam Wi-Fi network in the same way.

New online payment service is coming

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(Update 2012-10-01: the CashNet EMarket Service is now available. Read more...)

The ability to take payments online for campus events, goods and services has been a difficult issue for the campus over the last 10 years. Interim solutions, such as PayPal and RegOnline, have been useful for addressing the immediate need, but have failed to provide a standard, cost-effective platform for online payment that matches both growing campus need and requirements to integrate with key campus systems.

Since April of this year, T&C has been working closely with team members from Budget and Fiscal Services and Student Financial Services to develop and roll-out a new system for online payment.

The new system is called CashNet eMarket, and provides online payment functionality that has been requested by campus organizations. The eMarket system will replace existing campus PayPal accounts for taking online payment for events, products and services.

So far, eMarket has been deployed for 2 systems: online purchase of parking permits, and for registration for the upcoming SCCUR conference.

In conjunction with Budget and Fiscal Services, T&C is pleased to announce that eMarket will become available this fall for campus entities and organizations that wish to take payment for events, goods and services online.

As of October 1, 2012, requests for new  eMarket sites can be submitted by campus organizations to Budget & Fiscal Services. A full description of the process and a request form will be posted to the CI eMarket web site (details forthcoming). It is expected that implementation for most basic eMarket sites will take 4-6 weeks per site; eMarket sites which require integration with other campus systems may take longer.

October 1, 2012 will also be the last day to request new PayPal online payment sites through Student Business Services.

Over the course of the fall 2012 semester, Budget & Fiscal Services will work with programs and organizations that are using PayPal to migrate them to eMarket, with the goal of completing migration and conversion of all existing PayPal payment sites to eMarket sites by December 31, 2012.

Please contact Melissa Bergem, Project Coordinator at melissa.bergem@csuci.edu with any questions about CashNet eMarket or the roll-out of this important new service.


How Many Wires in a Wireless Building?

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CI's West Hall, scheduled for completion in 2015, is in the early design phase now. Today a group us met with the architects to discuss our overall technology strategy for the building. We are proceeding on the assumption that there will be very few hard-wired network devices of any kind - nearly everything will be wireless. While we may need more wireless infrastructure than in our current buildings, reducing the number of hard-wired stations will reduce the construction cost, the electricity needs and the cooling requirements for the building, making it not only more usable, but "greener" at the same time. So while we will still need some wires in a "wireless" building, we're excited about building a new building with many fewer wires.