Westchester Community College Wireless Access

Important Note About Wireless Networks:

As a convenience to students, faculty, staff, and guests; Westchester Community College provides Internet access through eduroam, ASGARD and ASGARD_Guest wireless networks, throughout the College.

Use of the ASGARD and eduroam networks is governed by the Computer Usage Policy of the college, which all students are required to read, agree, and adhere to upon enrollment.

Students, faculty, and staff are required to login to the ASGARD or eduroam wireless network using their full College User ID and password. Please be sure to enter username in the following format: username@sunywcc.edu (e.g. wcc123@sunywcc.edu)

College visitors not on eduroam are required to go through the registration process and accept the College’s “Guest Wireless Access Acceptable Use Policy” before gaining access to the ASGARD_Guest wireless networks.

Please be advised that when you are connecting to any Wireless Network, you are responsible for protecting your devices against others by practicing safe computing.

This means that at a minimum, you should have:

An Up-to-date virus/malware protection software installed
All Operating System Security patches installed

For more information about safe computing practices, see Protecting Your System.

Guest Wireless Access Acceptable Use Policy

All users are expected to use the SUNY Westchester Community College wireless access in a legal and responsible manner, consistent with the business and informational purposes for which it is provided.

While using this wireless access, users should not violate federal, State of New York or local laws, including:

The transmission or receiving of child pornography or harmful material. Access to or display of obscene language and sexually explicit graphics is not permitted.

Fraud – Users are prohibited from misrepresenting themselves as another user; attempting to modify or gain access to files, passwords, or data belonging to others; seeking unauthorized access to any computer system, or damaging or altering software components of any network or database.

Downloading copyrighted material. U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) prohibits the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of copyrighted materials, except as permitted by the principles of “fair use”. Users may not copy or distribute electronic materials without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.

By using this wireless access network at this SUNY Westchester Community College facility, the user acknowledges that he/she is subject to, and agrees to abide by all laws, and all rules and regulations of the State of New York, and the federal government.

Westchester Community College, State University of New York