Rutgers has many resources that can be used from home as well as in the office. This allows Rutgers faculty, staff and students to access the everyday tools and utilities on campus as well as off campus. The following are some of these resources that the Office of Information Technology at Rutgers University provides:
Planning Ahead to Access Rutgers Resources from Home
When planning to access Rutgers resources from home it is important to take the following into consideration:
Your Key to Accessing Rutgers Resources from Home
In order to access Rutgers resources from home users need to first authenticate themselves
ensuring that they are allowed to access the resource. At Rutgers users can be authenticated by using their Rutgers NetID and password. All of the Faculty, Staff, and Students at the University are eligible for a NetID and password. For more information on obtaining a NetID please go to http://netid.rutgers.edu
Secure Your Computer To Work From Home
Computer use at home is different from computer use at work. There are potential risks and benefits. Computers at home are by nature less secure than those at work. In order to work from home individuals should have equal, or better, security protection for personal and university data.
As a member of the Rutgers community you may have access to “non-public personal information” (NPPI) such as social security numbers, driver license numbers, financial accounts, or health information. The protection of NPPI is mandated by federal and state law as well as university policy. Users should not store any Rutgers restricted data on their personally owned devices.
Standards for Operating from a Remote Environment
These standards have been established to help protect computers and the data they hold from malware and other dangers to which they will be exposed while computing remotely. For a more comprehensive explanation of these standards please visit http://rusecure.rutgers.edu/remoteuse.
Home wireless networks are easy to set up and are often times provided by Internet Service providers. While they are extremely convenient to use, an insecure wireless environment opens up several risks that need to be addressed.
Accessing Rutadmin from home
In order to access Rutadmin from home you will need a SecurID token and the QWS3270 emulator. Click here
for more information on the QWS3270 emulator.
If you need to create a new account or renew your SecurID token, please click here
for the General Access Form. Please note: Only the first page is required for renewals.
In the event of a University Closure due to an H1N1 outbreak or any other emergency, please fill out the General Access Form and email to your Dean, Director. Please note that additional
forms or Justification letter may be required depending on the type of access being requested.
The Dean, Director, or Department Chair will then email the completed package along with their
approval of the access to lonwubu@oit.rutgers.edu.
Read Your Email From Anywhere
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides many services that make it easy to use computer off campus to get email sent to a Rutgers account. Two such ways to get email are by using Web Mail or setting up an Email Reading program.
Web mail makes it easy to read Rutgers email from any computer connected to the Internet. No software is needed except a web browser and an Internet connection.
Email reading programs like Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird can be used from home to read, and send email using Rutgers accounts. The links below contain all
of the configuration settings needed to set up the email reading program at home.
Please note that many Internet Service Providers (ISP) require their customers to use the ISP's own Outgoing (SMTP) server.
For this reason an email reading program from a home computer may need to use the Outgoing Mail Server for the ISP used at home. A list of common Internet
Service Providers and their SMTP servers can be found http://www.parcom.net/guides/parcom_SMTP_outgoing_mail_servers.htm
Some services at Rutgers can only be accessed from a computer that is on the Rutgers network.
When working from home, computers can connect to the Rutgers network by setting up a VPN
(Virtual Private Network) connection with the University. Some services whch require such a connection are:
Obtaining specialized software for Non-Rutgers Computers
OIT in Rutgers Camden provides students with remote (home) access to all of the software available on the student server (clam) and the Linux lab machines. This is useful for those wanting access to applications such as Maple, Mathematica, Matlab, or SAS when not in the computer labs. More information on accessing and using this service is found at - http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/HELP/Documentation/Unix/remote
OIT in Rutgers Newark also provides this service on the Newark Faculty/Staff server (Andromeda). Information about this service and how to access it can be found at - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/desktop
Electronic Tools and Services Useful in Conducting Classes
The Office Of Information Technology (OIT) provides many different resources for conducting and attending classes from off campus:
The Rutgers University Libraries allow access to many of their services from off campus on the web. Through the web faculty, staff and students can view on-line journals and use the electronic book reserve system.
Information on accessing these resources through the web can be found on the Rutgers University Libraries. The libraries restrict such access to current Rutgers faculty, staff, and students.
Questions about Computing
Telephone-based Help Desks are available at each of the three main campuses. E-mail-based services are also provided by the Help Desks.
Home Wireless Networks
In order to help mitigate the risks associated with home wireless networks used for remote site access, the following wireless home networking configurations are recommended
Physical Security
Email Client Setup
Macintosh
In order to set up this connection, special software
called a VPN client will need to be installed on the home computer. Instructions on how to install and set up this
software can be found on the Cisco VPN Client Setup page.
On this page there are also instructions on how to use the web-based VPN Client which requires no installation on the
home computer.
VPN Notes:
In some cases Rutgers University faculty, staff and students can obtain the same software they use at the University
to use on their home computers as well. This software may be available at a discounted rate or even free.
The software that is available through the Office of Information Technology can be found at software.rutgers.edu.
OIT in Rutgers Newark also provides a service to allow remote access
to software on the Newark student server (Pegasus). Information about
this service and how to access it can be found at
- http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/desktop
OIT in New Brunswick does not provide a service to allow access to the software available on the New Brunswick student server (eden). For faculty who wish to use this service for a class, arrangments can be made to use the service that Newark and Camden provide. To request this service faculty should email oirt@rutgers.edu.
Accessing Rutgers Library Resources From Home
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