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in/wireless Welcome to IIT Bombay's Wireless Network ********************************************** To start accessing the Wireless Network, simply start your machine. Our Wireless Access Points will provide you an IP Address(via DHCP) to your machine. Visitors ----------For surfing on the Internet configure your browser with a proxy server "openworld.iitb.ac.in" and port number "3128". Institute Faculty/Staff/Student -------------------------------------For surfing on the Internet configure your browser as usual (like department proxy server, netmon etc.) Following are the areas in the campus which are Wi-Fi enabled. * Vanvihar (New Guest House): All rooms including ground floor lobby. * Jalvihar (Old Guest House): Seminar Hall, Conference Hall and 2nd floor rooms. * Institute Auditorium (IRCC). * Lecture Theatre (P C Saxena Auditorium). * Director Office, Board Room, Conference Hall. * All The Dean's Office in Main Building. * Deputy Director Office. * Central Library Reader Area. To verify whether your computer is using DHCP, please go through the following steps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Machine Configuration: Case 1: Machines using Windows Operating System * Start > Setting > Network Connections. * Wireless Network Connection > Properties which will open new window (Wireless Network Connection Properties) > Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) > Properties > "Obtain an IP address automatically". * Our routers will then provide an IP address automatically. Case 2: Machines using Linux System * Open Terminal > Change to root user mode > type netconfig > Select yes on the prompt > Select the field Use dynamic IP address.

Browser Configuration: Case 1: Internet Explorer (For Windows) * Start your browser > Go to Tools > Internet Option > Select Connections > Select LAN Settings > Select the option Use a proxy server for your LAN, and in the address field type "openworld.iitb.ac.in" and port number "3128" > Save the settings. Case 2: Mozilla Firefox (For Linux) * Start your browser > Go to Edit > Preferences > General > Connection Setting > Manual Proxy Configuration > click on Use the proxy for all protocol check box and insert the "openworld.iitb.ac.in" and port number "3128" Save the settings. In case of any problems in accessing the network, please contact. 1) Your host if you are a visitor. 2) Your department sysad, if you belong to IIT Bombay. Happy Surfing!!!