General Questions

• How do I connect to the Math Department?

  Please visit our SSH Instructions page for more information.

• How can I connect my laptop to the wireless network?

  There are three Wireless networks avaliable on campus:

  • MIT Secure - Requires an athena account. When you connect, you will be prompted for your athena username and password.
  • MIT Guest - No account or registration required, but some ports and sites are blocked. Anyone should be able to connect to this account.
  • MIT - This is the open version of the MIT network and maybe retired at any point.

• How do I install Dropbox on my math workstation?

  As of Sept 8, 2018, Dropbox software requires the sync folder to be on an ext4-formatted hard drive or partition. Since our home directories are NFS-mounted partitions, installation of dropbox software is not recommended anymore.

  You still can have dropbox software in an unsupported workaround setup.

  1. Pick a workstation that has enough local disk space (ex /scratch/)
  2. Once you installed the dropbox software, relocate immediately the sync folder to the local disk space on that particular workstation./li>
  3. Do not run dropbox software on any other Math workstations or Servers. If you do, there is a chance that all your files may be deleted!!
  4. Please ask for IT help if you want to pursue this option.

• I'm a graduate student and there is no computer in my office, can I get one?

  Absolutely. If you are willing to have a computer placed on your desk email