MOObilenet

MOObileNet is the UC Davis wireless network. The network can be used by campus students, faculty and staff, as long as you have a UC Davis kerberos login (the thing you use for email and MyUCDavis). For more information (like how to set up your PC/Mac to use the network and how to connect), go to their website at wireless.ucdavis.edu. Once you select MOObilenet as your access point, you simply open a web browser and connect to any website — you will be prompted for your kerberos login and password. After entering your login information you won't have to login again until you disconnect.

For Linux users, it is easy enough to automate the process outdated, no longer functional (auth URL changed). If you don't have a wireless card, you can borrow one by checking it out at Shields Library for three days.

1. Download the program WifiScriptor - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32253
2. Install WifiScriptor - a new icon shows up in your menu bar. Click it and enable WifiScriptor. Click it again and get into the preferences.
2. Add a new entry - for SSID, enter in "moobilenet" (without the quotes)
3. In the top right box, labelled "connect script", enter the following applescript (copy and paste):

tell application "Safari"
        activate
        open location "http://www.google.com"
end tell

tell application "System Events"
        tell process "Safari"
                click button "Login" of group 9 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 2 of window "UC Davis Login"
        end tell
end tell

4. Click Compile & Save - and go test it at your nearest hot spot.

This works only if you have your UC Davis login information saved in Safari - the applescript basically just opens Safari and clicks the login button for you. This script will execute whenever your computer connects to the moobilenet wifi spot.

End OSX instructions

Shields Library is not known to have adequate bandwidth for the hundreds of people in the vicinity that, during the day, simultaneously connect to MOObileNet.

See also: info from http://wireless.ucdavis.edu/where.html

And, for the Campus Wireless Policy, rules and regulations see: http://manuals.ucdavis.edu/ppm/310/310-17.htm.

See WiFi Hot Spots for a list of these hot spots or look on the map below:

(This map last updated October, 2008.)

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2007-04-24 18:01:45   Many of the wireless spots dont really get a good enough signal to actually get on (specifically the one located on the border of hutchinson/storer. —MattHh

2007-06-11 00:11:53   Anyone want to wardrive the campus to get a dynamic map of signal strengths. I've really had hit or miss luck in some places like the domes which this map claims to cover. —AlexMandel

2009-05-15 12:22:25   What kind of speed does MOObilenet provide? I know the campus computers are blazingly fast, but I would be surprised if even full 802.11g WiFi speeds were available on the wireless. I suspect that it's heavily throttled, but I've not seen evidence one way or the other for that. —RobertM525