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Registration
All new machines (wired and wireless) at MIT using non-static IP addresses need to be registered in order to have full access to all MIT networked resources. This applies to We have found that anyone using DHCP networking on both wired ethernet and wirelessEthernet and wireless need to do this. Though wireless may appear to work for a day or two via DHCP, inevitably the net access begins to degrade until the machine is registered and issued an appropriate registered IP address for the appropriate building subnet instead of the generic 18.2.*.* DHCP addresses. To register a machine at MIT you need to go here. MIT machines issued static IP addresses do not need to register.
Wireless Networking
Users need to connect to MIT, MIT N, MIT Secure or MIT Secure N to access MIT resources after network registration. As mentioned before, some machines may work for a few days without registration. If you experience poor internet connectivity or behavior afterwards and you haven't registered, go ahead and register and it should fix the problem.
The MIT GUEST Wireless network
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The one exception to the Registration rule is that any machine with assigned static IP Addresses don't need to be registered. They will work the moment they the IP addresses are put in.
To request an IP Address go here.
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Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Gateway: 18.#.0.1 where # is the same number found after 18 in your assigned static IP address.
DNS Servers: 18.71.0.151, 18.70.0.160, 18.72.0.3
Please Please note the 18.72.0.3 has been associated with some problems resolving IP Addresses so it is best not to have this DNS server listed first or second.
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