Ethernet:
Get an IP address, subnet mask, router, DNS server info from the department system admin. configure IPv4 manually and enter these numbers in the network settings. You'll need to set proxies to connect to the web. Set all (http, https, etc.) proxies; one of the proxy servers is proxy.iisc.ernet.in : 3128 (port number). Get username and password from SERC. you can use a guest username password from the local system admin for the time being. You'll need to fill/submit forms at SERC to get the username/password for the proxy server.
Airport:
Use DHCP to configure IP. 802.1 WPA Enterprise authentication (802.1X is one of the tabs on the panel which appears after you click Advanced tab on the network preferences); create a user profile using the username and password obtained from SERC. You'll need to fill another form for this. There is a wireless network at the main guest house (ghwan) that one can use; I think you'll need some kind of guest username/password for 802.1 authentication (i'm not so sure about this). You probably don't require to connect to the proxy server at the guest house (again i'm not so sure). There are instructions (outdated; and not for a mac) provided at the guest house that you can try to decipher.
Forms to fill at SERC:
There are forms at http://nitss.serc.iisc.ernet.in/ that you can fill to activate VPN to login to IISc machines, activate wireless and ethernet access through your laptop, and to access machines outside the IISc network.
Basically, the upshot is that there are many inconveniences in the name of security. All this could be made much more streamlined and secure!
Installing Matlab from SERC on a Mac:
Goto: http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/ComputingFacilities/software/matlab-7.7/unix/brkno4b-1.html.
The instructions for mounting the installer on a Mac given there don't work. Instead try
mount -t smbfs //10.16.2.121/matlab-7.7 /matlab-7.7
after creating the directory matlab-7.7 (don't use -o guest option). You have to use sudo command at every step. Then you just follow the instructions given on their webpage.
Get an IP address, subnet mask, router, DNS server info from the department system admin. configure IPv4 manually and enter these numbers in the network settings. You'll need to set proxies to connect to the web. Set all (http, https, etc.) proxies; one of the proxy servers is proxy.iisc.ernet.in : 3128 (port number). Get username and password from SERC. you can use a guest username password from the local system admin for the time being. You'll need to fill/submit forms at SERC to get the username/password for the proxy server.
Airport:
Use DHCP to configure IP. 802.1 WPA Enterprise authentication (802.1X is one of the tabs on the panel which appears after you click Advanced tab on the network preferences); create a user profile using the username and password obtained from SERC. You'll need to fill another form for this. There is a wireless network at the main guest house (ghwan) that one can use; I think you'll need some kind of guest username/password for 802.1 authentication (i'm not so sure about this). You probably don't require to connect to the proxy server at the guest house (again i'm not so sure). There are instructions (outdated; and not for a mac) provided at the guest house that you can try to decipher.
Forms to fill at SERC:
There are forms at http://nitss.serc.iisc.ernet.in/ that you can fill to activate VPN to login to IISc machines, activate wireless and ethernet access through your laptop, and to access machines outside the IISc network.
Basically, the upshot is that there are many inconveniences in the name of security. All this could be made much more streamlined and secure!
Installing Matlab from SERC on a Mac:
Goto: http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/ComputingFacilities/software/matlab-7.7/unix/brkno4b-1.html.
The instructions for mounting the installer on a Mac given there don't work. Instead try
mount -t smbfs //10.16.2.121/matlab-7.7 /matlab-7.7
after creating the directory matlab-7.7 (don't use -o guest option). You have to use sudo command at every step. Then you just follow the instructions given on their webpage.
