Gravity, Supersymmetry and Branes:
A Meeting in Celebration of Kellogg Stelle's 60th Birthday

Imperial College London, April 24-25th 2008

Computing

There will be provision for participants to access the internet either via their own laptop or using common desktop computers. Please see the instructions below for obtaining the guest account required.

Creating a Guest Account

You can connect to the internet either with the wireless network using your own laptop, or using one of the desktop computers in room 319 on level 3. In both cases, you will first have to create a guest account. For this you need the "Unique ID" of the conference:

Unique ID: conf-36802

There are two ways to create a guest account:

1. Connect to the wireless network ICWLAN (open network, no password needed) and go to the URL https://guestaccess.imperial.ac.uk/GuestLogin. Enter the Unique ID (above) and answer all the questions, and you will be given a username and a password.
2. Use a desktop PC in room 319 designated for this purpose. Enter the Unique ID (above) and answer all the questions, and you will be given a username and a password.

You can then use your username and password to access desktop computers in room 319 or to connect to the wireless network.

Connecting to the Wireless Network

In most cases connecting to the wireless network with SSID Imperial-WPA and logging in with your given username and password should be sufficient. If you have any difficulties, please contact the registration desk for further information.

Technical Information

Connecting to the wireless network using WPA-Enterprise

WPA-Enterprise authentication allows you to connect securely to the College wireless network. This connection mechanism is supported by a number of operating systems and wireless cards. WPA-Enterprise, sometimes referred to simply as WPA, must be supported by your device: this is not the same as WPA-Personal or WPA-PSK.

The SSID (Network Identifier) is Imperial-WPA (case sensitive). Choose PEAP (MS-Chap-v2) as the authentication type. If you have the option to set an "Outer Identity" then set this to your username.

Connecting to the wireless network via VPN

Connect to the open network ICWLAN (no password needed). Having established a wireless connection you should then open a (PPTP) VPN connection to the VPN service vpn.ic.ac.uk, and log-in with your username and password. More information about connecting to the wireless network and creating a VPN connection is available here.