http://utdlug.org/ 2010-09-06T14:13:35-05:00 http://utdlug.org/ http://utdlug.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-08-29T21:07:23-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/home?rev=1251598043&do=diff Below is a list of the guides UTD LUG users have created. * Getting on the UTD LUG mailing list * Connecting to the UTD LUG IRC channel * Connecting to UTD Wireless * Connecting to UTD Wireless using wicd * Connecting to UTD Wireless using wpa_supplicant * Using UTD VPN * Using LaTeX text/html 2010-08-12T17:34:37-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/irc?rev=1281652477&do=diff IRC Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is one of the oldest forms of network communication, right up there with email and talk. The protocol for IRC is specified by the RFC 1459. The UTDLUG has its own channel, #utdlug, on irc.oftc.net, and the following is a short how-to for using Xchat to connect and chat on this channel. text/html 2009-08-29T21:06:20-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/latex?rev=1251597980&do=diff LaTeX Introductory Tutorial Getting Started with LaTeX TeX Distributions TeX Live TeX Live is what you probably want if you're running a UNIX derivative. MiKTeX MiKTeX is what you probably want if you're on a Windows machine. TeX Editors Any text editor can be used with TeX. However, if you're looking for an experience closer to a traditional word processor, you might look into: text/html 2009-05-16T00:28:26-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/long_wpa_supplicant.conf?rev=1242451706&do=diff Long wpa_supplicant.conf This is the long form of the config file, again, compliments of Philip White. It comments in detail every option and what they do. Combined with the manpage for wpa_supplicant, this document should help you to understand exactly why every setting is the way it is. text/html 2009-05-13T17:19:47-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/vpn?rev=1242253187&do=diff UTD VPN How-To UTD provides a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to allow secure access to the internal network through an encrypted tunnel. Internal network access is necessary for access to many services on the UTD network. Linux Support The current vpn setup uses a java-based client from Juniper Networks. This client is theoretically platform independent, but the installer has issues in some versions of linux. The install script provided by the webpage should work fine for you if you are ru… text/html 2009-05-13T17:34:42-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/wicd?rev=1242254082&do=diff Connecting to the campus wireless with wicd wicd is an environment-independent network manager interface. It lets you have a nice way of connecting to wireless networks without needing to pull in Gnome or other desktop environment dependencies. text/html 2009-05-13T17:20:41-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/wireless_internet?rev=1242253241&do=diff Wi-Fi The University of Texas at Dallas provides multiple wireless networks for student and guest access. Networks UTDGuest * No encryption Any network client should be able to connect to this network. Once connected you will need to use a browser to accept the end user agreement from the university. text/html 2009-05-13T17:28:35-05:00 http://utdlug.org/howto/wpa_supplicant?rev=1242253715&do=diff Connecting to the campus wireless with WPA_Supplicant For those of us who do not use the KDE or Gnome network managers, there is another simple way to gain access to the campus wireless networks using wpa_supplicant directly. Below is the config required to get it operating, compliments of Philip White. It would be wise to read man wpa_supplicant to figure out how to run it.