Residence Hall Quick Start Guide

Use of the Residence Hall Network requires weekly authentication to access campus and Internet services.

Residence Halls Connectivity

Please follow the Getting Connected section to get started. Once you connect to the Residence Hall Network, you can switch to the online documentation pages. Should you need assistance, please contact the IST Service Desk (servicedesk.njit.edu).

Respect for Copyright

  1. We endorse the guidelines set forth by The EDUCOM Code, created in 1987:

    Respect for intellectual labor and creativity is vital to academic discourse and enterprise. This principle applies to the work of all authors and publishers in all media. It encompasses respect for the right to acknowledgment, right to privacy, and right to determine the form, manner, and terms of publication and distribution. Because electronic information is volatile and easily reproduced, respect for the work and personal expression of others is especially critical in computer environments. Violations of authorial integrity, including plagiarism, invasion of privacy, unauthorized access, and trade secret and copyright violations may be grounds for sanctions against members of the academic community.

  2. We are required under the Higher Educational Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) to assist in the reduction of the illegal sharing of copyrighted materials through peer-to-peer (P2P) and other file sharing technologies. Copyright infringement is the act of exercising, without permission or legal authority, one or more of the exclusive rights granted to the copyright owner under section 106 of the Copyright Act (Title 17 of the United States Code). These rights include the right to reproduce or distribute a copyrighted work. In the file-sharing context, downloading or uploading substantial parts of a copyrighted work without authority constitutes an infringement.

  3. Penalties for copyright infringement beyond university disciplinary actions include civil and criminal penalties. In general, anyone found liable for civil copyright infringement may be ordered to pay either actual damages or "statutory" damages per work infringed. Willful copyright infringement can also result in criminal penalties, including imprisonment.

Getting Started

  1. Once connected, students are required to follow the Acceptable Use Policy for Cyber Resources. Please review the Acceptable Use Policy for Cyber Resources for complete information.

  2. The NJIT Student Senate voted to recommend that the University restrict peer-to-peer file sharing. Information Services & Technology enacted procedures to support this recommendation. As of May 2003, access to popular peer-to-peer sharing services from the NJIT Network to the commodity Internet was blocked and no longer function

  3. The NJIT secured wireless network is available in the residence halls. The SSID "NJITsecure" wireless network should be "preferred" over the other NJIT wireless networks in the residence halls for secure connections (NJITguest, NJIoT, or eduroam). For wireless networks, click here. 

  4. NJIT does not permit the connection of Hubs/Switches on the network ports due to a limitation on IP address space. Residents may add a residential NAT/PAT gateway with RFC 1918 private address space (192.168.0.0) to support multiple connections. Hub and Switch control have been implemented in all residence hall networks. Details.

Getting Connected

Residence Hall Connectivity

Residence Hall Connectivity Guide