Connecting College of Engineering Linux Devices to the Wired Network
Preamble
With 802.1x wired network security being rolled out across campus, unregistered Linux systems will lose access to the wired network.
This guide will explain how to register Linux devices to connect to the wired network.
Important: This guide is for Marquette owned Linux systems managed by the College of Engineering's Technology team.
This guide does not apply to personal Linux machines or Marquette owned machines that do not belong to the Opus College of Engineering.
Prerequisites:
There are a few pieces of information you need to know to register a device:
The hostname and MAC address.
Running the command "hostname" from the terminal will return the hostname of the system.
To get the MAC address, run the command "ip addr" from the terminal of a Linux system.
The address listed to the right of "link/ether" is the MAC address.
Please note that a system may have multiple MAC addresses for each network adapter (wired, wireless, virtual).
If you plug into the Marquette network - you will receive a Marquette IP that begins with 134.48.x.x even before you authenticate. The MAC address for the adapter that gets this IP address is the one you want.
Knowing the network jack number the machine is plugged into is also necessary.
Instructions:
Gather the information from the prerequisites section.
Navigate to https://forms.office.com/r/bxPnLSebwM in a web browser and fill in the requested information.
The device will gain access to the network when the COE Tech approves it and adds it to the list.
The COE Tech team reserves the right to enforce security policies on any Linux device that is added to the wired network.