Internet Dorm Connection Tutorial

Before you Start
Equipment needed to connect your computer to the internet.

1. Computer with a Network Interface Port. (See Figure 1.1)
2. Ethernet cable. (See Figure 1.2)

Figure 1.1 Your Ethernet port is usually marked with this symbol:

Figure 1.2 Ethernet Cables (right) are noticeably larger than Phone Cables (left).

Installation

1. First connect the appropriate cables into the rear of your computer
2. Then locate the outlet on the wall in your room. (See figure 1.3)
3. Plug the Ethernet cable to the jack that called data. (See Figure 1.4)

Figure 1.3 Wall jack located in each dorm room on the wall.

Figure 1.4 Ethernet cable and phone cable connected to wall jack.