How to get some Internet for your computer(s).
Summary : use your AEI E-Mail Address as the username, or your AEI computer account USERNAME with @aei.mpg.de appended to it (e.g. bobsmith@aei.mpg.de) as the username, and your AEI computer password. Specific details are given below for common operating systems:
Your eduroam account should just work without any configuration.
Connect a network cable from your computer/device to a network port in an office. Ports labelled "vlan 10" are very likely to work, or you can simply try each network port in your office. Network cables are available from IT Support Services.
For a network cable connection in your office please send an email to hit@aei.mpg.de with the following information in it::
You can get a short-term ticket for "eduroam" from a secretary or from IT Support.
It is possible to use
WiFi networks for phone connections (e.g. when in a building with no telephone signal for your
mobile phone, yet you have a Wifi connection), dependent upon your service provider and phone.
Our network services (switches and firewalls) automatically log device access. This data is only used for IT Support work such as investigating problems, service usage statistics and security incident investigation.
Further information about Data Privacy.