Laptop pool

Lending laptop pool

General remarks

The Faculty of Science has a pool of 23 laptops that can be lent by employees and students of the Faculty. These are standard-RU laptops. They are almost identical in use to the pc's in the computer labs. The main difference is reservation is not through IHZ.

The reservation of the laptops is administered by the Library of Science. Use for FNWI education has precedence.

Usage

How to log in with Windows?

You can log on to the laptops with:

• either with a Science loginname and the corresponding password
• or a RU account: RU\s123456 and the corresponding password

What environment is offered?

The laptops are all dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04, just like the PC's in the terminal rooms.

Any questions?

For reservations, please contact the Library of Science. For technical questions, please contact C&CZ directly.

Lending procedure

The borrower promises by signing the laptop lending agreement to agree with the lending regulations of the Faculty of Science for lending laptops to students and employees.

Lending procedure for a trolley

For Faculty education (NLT, Chemistry Lab, Math Tournament, ...) a complete trolley with maximum 22 laptops can be lent. The trolley has been modified by C&CZ in such a way, that the laptops are connected by UTP-cable to the network, in order to have automatic updates working.

Use for examinations without Internet

The wireless network of the laptops can be disabled by the the C&CZ helpdesk. This can be used for examinations: allow students the use of a computer without giving them easy access to the internet. This has been done already on two clearly labeled laptops (hglaptop63/hglaptop64) on request of the Education Center in order to assist feature limited students with examinations. For larger examinations, please reserve in time, specifying the need for laptops with wireless networking disabled. Of course surveillance is still needed to prevent Internet access by attaching a USB-dongle.