• high speed internet access category-6 cable (10') can be purchased at hall front desk (OR YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN).
• 10/100 lan ethernet adapter card can be purchased at most electronic retail stores (comes standard on many new machines) technical assistance available.
  
  If you are running Windows XP you will need Norton Corporate Anti-Virus installed from http://mypc.eiu.edu/cca and have your Windows and Anti-virus up to date. If you have problems connecting call 581-7708. Windows 95/98/ME are not supported by Housing Information Technology, we strongly recommend purchasing a new computer. http://cats.eiu.edu/laptop/ provides links to Gateway, Dell, and Apple that have configurations that Eastern recommends.

FOR MACINTOSH AND UNIX: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MACINTOSH AND UNIX MACHINES ALSO HAVE VIRUS PROTECTION INSTALLED.

EIU'S NETWORK WILL DETECT ABNORMAL ACTIVITY ON NDIVIDUAL NETWORK PORTS AND AUTOMATICALLY SHUT IT OFF IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE REST OF THE EIU NETWORK.

EIU DOES NOT CONDONE ILLEGAL FILE-SHARING AND HAS PROCEDURES TO LIMIT OR SHUT OFF WHAT APPEARS TO BE SO.