Guest Wireless Locations

Documentation

NMU Wireless internet is available on registered computers all over campus for students, staff, retirees, and faculty. Visitors without NMU credentials can connect using the NMU_GUEST access points after agreeing to the acceptable use policy. 

NMU_GUEST access is restricted to common protocols used for web and email access. If you are a guest and can't access what you need using the guest access, contact the department you are visiting to see if they can sponsor you as a guest on the NMU network, which should provide you with the access you need. See "Sponsoring a Guest on the NMU Network" for details.

View instructions for connecting to the NMU_GUEST access point.

View access locations during:

School Year NMU_GUEST Locations

  • Cohodas
  • Harden Hall
  • University Center
  • Hedgcock
  • Forest Roberts Theatre
  • Jacobetti Center
  • Berry Events Center
  • Superior Dome
  • Presque Isle Commons (Temaki and Tea, Smoothie King)
  • NMU Invent Building (on Presque Isle Ave)
  • Ripley Steam Plant
  • Services Building
  • NMU Golf Course Clubhouse

Summer NMU_GUEST Locations

  • Art and Design Building
  • Berry Events Center
  • Cohodas
  • Superior Dome
  • Gries Hall
  • Hedgcock
  • Jacobetti
  • Jamrich
  • Harden Hall
  • PEIF Recreation Facility
  • Ripley Heating Plant
  • Services Building
  • Northern Center
  • West Science
  • New Science
  • Whitman
  • Quad I Residence Halls (Gant and Spalding)
  • Quad II Residence Halls
  • West Hall
  • Woodland Park

Wireless Security

Documentation

When you send a message over a wireless connection, someone who has the correct equipment can receive and decode the message. You have no way to know if someone is eavesdropping on messages you send or receive; this kind of eavesdropping is undetectable.

Although the NMU wireless networks require all users to register their wireless network hardware addresses, it is still possible for malicious users to eavesdrop on others.
 

Wireless Security Precautions and Vulnerabilities

Despite its vulnerability to eavesdropping, a wireless connection is reasonably secure for many things. Here are the scenarios you may encounter while using the wireless network, and the risk each potentially poses:

  • All wired data connections at NMU are protected from eavesdropping. If you are concerned over the security of your transmission, use a wired connection.
  • When you connect to MyUser.nmu.edu to find out your password and account information, connect using the address that begins with https instead of http. When you connect to https://myuser.nmu.edu/user, the connection uses SSL (a 128-bit encrypted secure connection) which is safe to use over a wireless connection.

  • If you check your E-mail with Outlook on a wireless connection, someone may be able to get your ID and password, and read your E-mail.

    You can read E-mail on MyNMU without worrying that someone will get your user ID and password, because the login information is transmitted using a secure SSL (128-bit encrypted) connection. However, Your mail message is not encrypted, which means it is still not guaranteed to be private.

  • If you connect to an FTP server over a wireless connection, someone may be able to get your ID and password.
  • Using wireless connections for general Internet browsing should not pose any security risk, but may not be private.
  • If you place a credit card order or submit sensitive form data, make sure the site is using SSL (a 128-bit encrypted secure connection). Connecting to a site using SLL is a minimal security risk. even over a wireless connection. To find out if a connection is using SSL, look for a lock icon in your browser, usually on the left side of the URL bar.
    If you do not see a lock icon in your browser window, do not submit credit card information or any other confidential data even if you are using a wired connection.
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