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 by others in Vi Hilbert Hall apartments, Kolvenbach houses, Logan Court condominiums, and Yobi apartments.
Please review the Residence Hall Network Connectivity Chart to understand the types of network connectivity available at each location and who supports each.
Wired Network in Bellarmine, Campion, Chardin, Douglas, Murphy Apts, and Xavier
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 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
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 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?
Note: It is recommended that streaming content be accessed over a wired connection when possible. Wired connections provide consistent throughput and do not suffer from multiple device congestion as WiFi does.
Numerous factors can affect your WiFi throughput including, but not limited to, your device type, it’s WiFi capabilities, the number of active WiFi devices near you, and the type of content being accessed by those devices. Devices that support 6GHz WiFi will realize the highest throughput and the least congestion. To see your WiFi throughput to the internet, we recommend you use https://fast.com.
Residents in Bellarmine, Campion, Chardin, Douglas, Murphy Apartments, and Xavier are not allowed to setup or use any device that creates a WiFi network (SSID), whether it is broadcast or not. This is required to prevent impacts to SeattleU WiFi. This includes, but is not limited to:
Wireless access points
Wireless routers or firewalls
Wireless storage devices
Adhoc wireless networks
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