Residential Student Telephone and
Internet Services
Telephone Service
All residential students are assigned a telephone number on the
Trinity telephone system. With this telephone number, students:
- Are able to dial other students, faculty, or staff on campus
using the last 4 digits of the phone number.
- Have local phone service provided free.
- Need to purchase or bring a regular telephone.
- Need a telephone cord to connect the telephone to the wall jack.
- Long Distance: Students are responsible for selecting and purchasing
long-distance service (via toll-free numbers or calling cards).
To starting using the telephone connect the telephone card to the
yellow jack labeled TEL in the room.
Voice-Mail
All residential students have a voice-mail box on the University
voice-mail system.
With the voice-mail system you:
- Can save up to 20 messages at one time in your voice mail box.
- Can save messages for up to 10 days.
Connecting to the Network
Students with a computer meeting the minimum configuration requirements
have the option of connecting their computer to the University network.
To connect a computer to the network, students need: 1) and 2) a
patch cable (to connect the PC to the purple network jack in the
room.
Hardware needed to connect computer to the network:
- Network Card
- For desktop computers, a Fast Ethernet 10/100 Network Card.
- For laptop computers, a Fast Ethernet 10/100 PCMCIA Card
is needed.
- Category 5 Patch Cable
After the equipment has been purchased, contact Technology Services
to schedule an appointment to have the card installed.
All users must agree to abide by the Technology policy to be connected
to Trinity’s Network. Sorry - Technology Services can only
work on hardware and software that is owned by the University. |
