Physics Department Computing Facilities

Physics Wireless Network

Wireless information page

Physics Computer Account Form

• Account Form (In pdf)
• Account From (In PostScript)
• Account Form (in HTML, looks terrible so try one of the others first)
• You can also get an account form from the Physics Front Desk (JFB 201)

Equipment

• Undergraduate laboratory. This laboratory houses approximately 36 SunRay-terminals that connect to the Physics or Math Department computers allowing Internet access.
• Graduate laboratory. This laboratory has twelve SunRay-terminals connected to the Physics network. It is open to graduate students and research staff.
• Reading room The Physics department reading room has a few PC's and SunRays for general use.
• Help lab The Help Lab has a few PC's for help lab use.
• Servers. Ten Sun Servers Two Linux Servers and two Windows servers support the departmental computing network.
• Elementary lab. The freshman/sophomore lab is equipped with approximately 40 PC's, used for data analysis in conjunction with the lab classes.
• Lecture demonstration. Four lecture rooms and several classrooms are equipped for video and data projection.
• Other facilities. In addition to the student laboratory facilities, many PC's, terminals and workstations are housed in the various research laboratories and offices.

Physics Department Computer Laboratory Manual

For an introduction to computing in our laboratories, please see the Physics Department Computer Laboratory Manual. Contents include

• How to obtain an account and our user policy.
• How to use the lab SunRay terminals.
• Remote and wireless access to your physics department account.
• Introduction to X-windows, Unix, emacs and Fortran and C compilers
• Introduction to Maple
• emacs and Unix reference cards
• Electronic mail and other Internet services