Brookdale Community College — Bankier Library — Using Your Laptop in the Library

Using Your Laptop in the Library

The Bankier Library offers wireless access (aka "hot spots" and "WiFi") for currently enrolled students, faculty, staff, and community patrons with library privileges to use with their personal notebooks, laptops and other mobile devices to connect to the College network. Use of the wireless access service is governed by the College Regulation 2.9000R "Computer Resource, Network and Facilities Use", the Library Code of Conduct

and the Student Conduct Code.

The library provides several options for Internet access, follow the appropriate procedure to connect to the College network:

Wireless connection using BlueSocket
Standard network port connection

Questions? Contact the Library Learning Assistant at the Information Commons Help Desk: 732/224-2443

Wireless Connection using BlueSocket

Wireless laptops will find the network connection automatically and the browser will open to the BlueSocket login screen. Users will be asked to enter email username and password.

Standard Network Port Connection

The Bankier Library has 150 network ports for library users to connect their personal portable computers directly to the Internet. You must register your computer's MAC hardware address to access the Internet.

What you do:

Portable computer (PC or Macintosh) with an Ethernet card installed
a network cable with RJ45 connectors
Your Brookdale ID

What we do:

Verify your current Brookdale status
Register your computer's MAC hardware number
Note: Activation may not be immediate. Leave your phone number or email and we will notify you by the next working day.

What you do next:

Find a network port in the study rooms (LIB 227 - 248) or study carrels on the 2nd floor
Attach the cable to the outlet and to your computer
Start your computer
Click on your Internet browser