Entertainment Devices on the Residence Life Network | Information Services and Technology

Note: If you use the either the wired or wireless registration methods you can only register a MAC address using one method. If you register the MAC to wireless you cannot register it wired and vice versa.

Wireless Devices:

NJITsecure or NJIoT:

In order to connect to the campus wireless network, using the wireless network NJITsecure, the device must support WPA2-enterprise. Your device will ask for a username and password instead of a security key or passphrase. If this is not supported, you could use wireless network NJIoT, the NJIT Internet of Things, please see: https://ist.njit.edu/internet-of-things to learn how to connect.

You can register the entertainment device MAC address using http://auth.njit.edu/register/. Select: Register a Wireless Device to NJIoT

It has been our experience that most Entertainment Devices do not support WPA2 Enterprise. If it does you can use NJIoT and the registration method.

Using a Wireless Residential Gateway:

You can use a consumer grade Residential Gateway or Router such as Netgear, Linksys, Ubiquity, etc. You would connect this to the wired port in your room. Connect only the WAN port to the NJIT wall plate. Never connect a LAN port to the NJIT network, this will deactivate the wall plate.

See the directions below, Using a Wired Residential Gateway, to register the WAN MAC address of the residential gateway.

You can use wired or wireless on the router. We recommend using wired. If you choose to use wireless we ask that you follow these steps so as not interfere with your neighbors and the NJIT production wireless:

Only turn on the 5 Mhz radio,
Set it to a 20 Mhz bandwidth,
Include your UCID and room in the SSID. Cyp191-abs123 for example.
You should password protect your person WiFi. Do not share it, as any usage will be logged to your UCID.

Wired Devices:

If your device has a wired connection, you can connect it to a wired port using an Ethernet cable linked to one of the wired ports in the room or the switch in the room access point.

Room wall plate or Room Access Point port:

You can register the entertainment device MAC address using http://auth.njit.edu/register/. Select NJIT Residence Hall Device Registration Portal.

Using a Wired Residential Gateway:

You will need to find the MAC address of the WAN side of the residential gateway. Resister this MAC address using http://auth.njit.edu/register/. Select: NJIT Residence Hall Device Registration Portal.