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ITS provides wired and wireless network services in the Bellarmine, Campion, Chardin, Douglas, Murphy Apts, and Xavier residence halls. Third-party wired and wireless access is provided to the by others in Vi Hilbert Hall apartments, Kolvenbach houses, Logan Court condominiums, and Yobi apartments.

Please review this support article the Residence Hall Network Connectivity Chart to understand what form the types of network connectivity is provided for various device types available at each location and who supports the connectivityeach.

Wired Network in Bellarmine, Campion, Chardin, Douglas, Murphy Apts, and Xavier

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  • One network jack is available per student.  One or more jacks may also be available in select common areas such as lounges, study rooms, or lobbies.

  • Internet access from a Reshall wired network jack does not require any authentication

  • Access to systems hosted on the internal SeattleU network from a Reshall jack requires the device authenticate at a web portal before attempting to connect to the internal system.

    • Computer Science servers

    • Select library systems, from a wired Reshall wired network jack requires

  • Each wired network jack will provide 85-95Mbit/sec throughput

  • Review ResHall Wired Network Jacks to see where to connect your wired device

Wireless Networks in Bellarmine, Campion, Chardin, Douglas, Murphy Apts, and Xavier

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  • Devices must support 5GHz or 6GHz WiFi. We no longer use 2.4GHz for WiFi.

  • Two WiFi networks are available in the Reshalls above: SU-secure and SU-visitor

  • SU-secure

    • Recommended for use by with computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones

    • Requires authentication with a valid SeattleU username and password

    • Provides access to the internet

    • Provides access to select internal systems based on your status as a student

    • There is no bandwidth (throughput) restriction applied to your SU-secure connection(s)

  • SU-visitor

    • Requires device registration instead of user authentication

    • There is a 100Mbit/sec bandwidth (throughput) restriction applied to each SU-visitor connection

    • SU-visitor has two use cases:

      • Internet access for devices that are not compatible with SU-secure (such as using only a password to access a WiFi network), or are used daily or multiple times each week and the process of re-registering a device every 24 hours would be inconvenient. Such devices include gaming consoles, entertainment systems, audio/video streaming devices, TVs, personal assistants, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

      • Short term ad-hoc use by visiting family members, friends, or summer event attendees

    • You can register your device once for SU-visitor access through the current school year ending Spring quarter in June. See Can I connect my TV/game console/streaming device to SeattleU Wi-Fi?

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