Wireless Network

The Luther College wireless network aims to provide wireless access to all academic and administrative buildings and to public spaces in residence halls where technically viable.

+ All campus Wireless is 802.11g standard. This is compatible with both 802.11b (11MB connection) and 802.11g (54MB connection) wireless cards. 802.11a wireless cards are not compatible with our wireless network.

The following locations are currently available for wireless connectivity. Network registration is required for personal computers. Guests should contact the Technology Help Desk or Campus Programming for temporary access.

Academic and Administrative Buildings

Network Name (SSID) = LCWireless

Campus House

• Full coverage

Centennial Union

• Full coverage

Center for the Arts

• Full coverage

Center for Faith and Life

• Full coverage
  • Main Hall
  • CFL Recital Hall
  • Qualley Lounge
  • Classroom 205
  • Campus Ministry and Campus Programming Offices
  • Upstairs and Downstairs Main Hallway
  • Basement Dressing Room

Facilities Management

• Full coverage

Gjerset House

• Full coverage

Jenson-Noble Hall

• Full coverage
  • Classroom 123
  • Classroom 125
  • Classroom 174
  • 124 Lab (Presser Lab)
  • Faculty and Staff offices
  • Central hallway area
• Limited coverage
  • Sperati Room
  • Orchestra Room
  • Choir Room
  • Organ Room
  • Practice Rooms
• No coverage
  • Recital Hall

Korsrud Heating Plant

• Full coverage

Loyalty Hall

• Full coverage

Main Building

• Full coverage

Ockham House

• Full coverage

Olin Building

• Full to fair coverage

Preus Library

• Full coverage

Regents Center

• Full to fair coverage

Storre Theater

• Full to fair coverage

Sampson-Hoffland Laboratories

• Full coverage

Sperati Guest House

• Full coverage — coming soon

Valders Hall of Science

• Full coverage

Residence Halls

Network Name (SSID) = LCWireless

Baker Village

• Bergen
  • Full coverage
• Commons
  • Full coverage
• Farm House
  • Full coverage
• Lillihammer
  • Full coverage
• Oslo
  • Full coverage
• Trondheim
  • Full coverage

Brandt Hall

• Full coverage in public spaces (lounges, halls, etc.)
• Fair to poor coverage in student rooms

Farwell Hall

• Full coverage in public spaces (lounges, halls, etc.)
• Fair to poor coverage in student rooms

Larsen Hall

• Full coverage in public spaces (lounges, halls, etc.)
• Fair to poor coverage in student rooms

Norby House

• Full coverage coming soon.

Olson Hall

• Full coverage in public spaces (lounges, halls, etc.)
• Fair to poor coverage in student rooms

Towers

• Brunsdale Lounge
  • Full coverage
• Dieseth
  • No coverage
• Miller
  • No coverage

Ylvisaker Hall

• Full coverage

Outdoor Locations

The locations listed below have been targeted as hotspots. However, many other outdoor locations receive signal coverage from access points in nearby buildings.

Centenial Union Deck

• Full coverage

Softball Field

• Full coverage by dugouts and bleachers

Baseball Field

• Full coverage by dugouts and bleachers

Soccer Field

• Full coverage on SW corner and signal strength weakens as you move toward the NW corner.

The areas below have been tested, but are not targeted to provide wireless access

Football/Track Field

• Signal of varying strength on field.
• Fair coverage on home sidelines

Football/Track Bleachers

• Full coverage

Library Lawn

• West lawn – Signal of varying strength on entire lawn (best near the library)
• North lawn (Library/Olin) – Fair coverage
• South lawn (Library/Jensen) – Fair to poor coverage (best near the library)

Main Lawn

• East Lawn – Fair to poor (best near buildings)

Olin Lawn

• East lawn – Signal of varying strength to Nustad parking lot

Valders Lawn

• South lawn – Fair coverage

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In order to preserve the health of the campus network, individuals are not allowed to connect personal routers or switches to their network port. This restriction includes personal wireless devices such as wireless routers, hubs, and switches (a.k.a. access points). While these devices are often desirable to individual users, use of such devices interferes with the health of the network and can cause large-scale network outages. Luther’s wireless initiative aims to provide wireless access to public spaces in residence halls when technically viable.