The University of Texas at Austin

Internet Connection Options

Internet & Networking

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Wireless and Wired Public Internet Access

Wired and wireless access to the Internet from the main university campus and PRC.

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Departments
  • Simple, secure wireless connections that use 802.1x authentication with 'restricted.utexas.edu'
  • Wireless connections available in almost every building on campus (refer to the wireless access coverage map)
  • Wired connections available in many labs and libraries (refer to the wired access coverage directory)

Resnet: Residence Hall Network

Provides wired and wireless Internet access in the campus residence halls.

Cost: Cost varies depending on the amount of bandwidth purchased and whether residents sign up by the semester or for the academic year.

  • Students
  • Wired and wireless access to the campus network and the Internet from your dorm room
  • Several service plans, tiered to match how you use the Internet

Virtual Private Network

Allows you to securely access the university's internal network just as if you were connected on campus.
Green IT: Working from remote locations reduces travel and therefore your carbon footprint.

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Desktop IPSec client available for download from BevoWare
  • Web-based SSL client for Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Mobile Device users
  • Enables connections to your desktop Exchange client to read email stored on a campus Exchange email server
  • Connect to a mapped drive, personal folder on the network, or printer from off-campus
  • Use certain departmental services
  • Protect transmissions between your home computer and the UT network from being intercepted and read by someone on the Internet
  • VPN Private groups allows department network TSCs to grant off-campus access to members of their private groups using TSC utilities