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Vol. 1, No. 2 Spring 2004
by Philip Fryer, Media Services Librarian
The Loyola Notre Dame Library is now a Wi-Fi hot-spot.
Most public locations in the library are Wi-Fi accessible on all
four floors. Laptops equipped with Wi-Fi cards (PC or Mac) can
now take advantage of wireless Internet access for Web and e-mail
usage.
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Photo courtesy of Compaq,
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Wi-Fi wireless networks use radio waves to communicate.
Wireless computers must be equipped with radio transmitter/receivers
(Wi-Fi cards) to take advantage of the service. Wireless computers
require central hubs to communicate with. These hubs are called
Access Points. Laptops (through a log-on routine) make themselves
known to the Access Points and through them communicate to the
wireless network.
We are also pleased to offer current students
at Loyola and Notre Dame a small number of PC Tablets for checkout
in Media Services. The checkout procedure will entail photocopying
student ID’s and signing a contract to return equipment
the same day of loan.
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