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 Without an account, you (the user) can't connect to our network, to our servers and to Internet. Even if you are located to the other end of the world and need to access our server for just 1 times, you need an account. Without an account, you (the user) can't connect to our network, to our servers and to Internet. Even if you are located to the other end of the world and need to access our server for just 1 times, you need an account.
-Receiving an account means that the systems (the whole computers connected to our network) has a method to recognized you and let you login, this also means that your account (login/password couple) are extremely important and you have to take care of it.+Receiving an account means that the systems (the whole computers connected to our network) has a method to recognize you and let you login, this also means that your account (login/password couple) are extremely important and you have to take care of it.
  
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-**Account are created when requested by a Staff member**. These accounts are not kept beyond the end of a project (with 2 month grace).+**Account are created only when requested by a Staff member**. These accounts are not kept beyond the end of a project (with 2 month grace).
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 ===== Wireless Network "epfl" ===== ===== Wireless Network "epfl" =====
  
-The account for this network are managed directly by the EPFL, and not by us. The **epfl** wireless network is a facility available to all personnel of the EPFL ([[http://network.epfl.ch/libre-service/wifi/wl_maps.html|range of the antennas]]) and, after request, even to visitors or invited Professors. The request for this kind of account take some time to be accomplished, so It's useless if the user is visiting for a less than a month.+The account for this network are managed directly by the EPFL, and not by us. The **epfl** wireless network is a facility available to all personnel of the EPFL ([[ http://network.epfl.ch/fr/Access%20at%20campus/WiFi/Zones/| EPFL WiFi ]]) and, after request, even to visitors or invited Professors. The request for this kind of account take some time to be accomplished, so It's useless if the user is visiting for a less than a month.
 The login assigned cannot be changed, but Users can change their password and their mail address starting from [[https://gaspar.epfl.ch|here]]. The login assigned cannot be changed, but Users can change their password and their mail address starting from [[https://gaspar.epfl.ch|here]].
  
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-===== Configue your laptop ===== +
-At [[http://stephan.walter.name/WPA-EAP_authentication_at_EPFL|this]] page you can learn how to configure your laptop for connecting to the wireless **epfl** network.+