A Tusco.Net Wireless customer must be equipped with a wireless radio, ethernet card and a computer. The wireless radio must be compatible with our equipment.

Cellular/PCS wireless is also available from AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. Nextel has declined the opportunity to participate. Currently there are several kiosks which offer travelers internet connections, in addition to the standard dial service offered by the phone company via the RJ-11 jacks in the pay phones.

One of the more popular options is to purchase a Palm V and sign up with the OmniSky flat rate service. The other option is to purchase a web enabled PCS phone and sign up for the wireless web option.

The only thing that you may need is Macromedia Flash Player to view our animations on the Home page, but that is your option. There is an option to view the page without the animations.

Please visit the wireless Web site at www.ecu.edu/wireless to see where wireless is available; otherwise, all classroom computers have wired Internet access.

The general equipment requirement is a "wireless bridge" (a radio transceiver) and a small outdoor antenna. The wireless bridge is enclosed in a white box that must be mounted close to the antenna on your roof. The typical antenna is a small curved grid, slighty less in size than a television dish and roof-mounted in about the same way. Home accounts must have an Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) in their computer.

Your computer must have a wireless network card installed. Computer manufacturers typically indicate this by saying their equipment is WiFi enabled, or that they support 802.11b or 802.11g wireless networks. On a Macintosh computer this is often referred to as an airport card.

Yes. There are wireless capabilities in two places in the library: at the front of the library and in the atrium area. Access requires an IEEE 802.11b compliant network card. The card may be purchased at the university bookstore or from most electronic stores. Please access the Information Technology site through ERNIE for specific directions on how to set up your computer to work with ERAU's wireless environment. (Log in to ERNIE > Student Services > IT Services > Wireless) [Back to Top]

No, not at this time. We are investigating wireless access for patrons who want to use their laptop or notebook in the Library. We hope to offer this convenient service in the near future.

Yes, all internet access through the library network will follow our computer use policy and all internet access will be filtered. Please refer to our Computer Use Policy for more information.