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Internet access is provided in each dorm room on campus along with computer access in each computer lab. Below you will find instructions on how to register your computer so that you have access to the internet from your dorm room.
Be warned, there are a myriad of ways to configure a computer and many things that can go wrong that might inhibit you from having internet access right away. If after reading this document and following the instructions you are still having issues, please contact MLC Network Services or stop up and see us so that we can help you.
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into the address bar. The best and most successful way is usually by connecting an Ethernet cable both from the router to the wall jack and from your computer to the router. If your router is blocking your access, please send a support request.MLC maintains firewalls and a filtering service.
MLC provides Internet access for all students, staff, and faculty with the purpose of enabling and enriching your academic experience. While it is available for personal and recreational purposes, we contract a service that runs on our firewalls that filters out pornographic and gambling sites.
The firewalls also filter by port. Ports that are not needed for common web applications are blocked to prevent attacks on your computers from the outside. This may prevent you from playing some multiuser games and other web applications that use non-standard ports in their setup.
Direct outbound SMTP (port 25 mail) is also blocked from the dormitories to prevent computers that have been infected with viruses from sending emails to propagate the virus. Outbound SMTP email is only allowed through MLC's mailhost which does antivirus checking prior to sending. You can, however, send and receive mail though any web based email system that uses ports 80 or 443.