Bureaucracy

HOW TO get the authorization to access the Lab

You cannot access the AIRLab without being authorized, nor allow anyone into the AIRLab if she/he is not (unless you have asked a Teacher for that). In order to obtain access to any AIRLab site (see The Labs), you need to follow these steps. From their description it seems a lot of work, but it's not: just read the following instructions before starting (well, this should be a general rule...).

• First of all, it is absolutely necessary that you carefully read the Safety norms and the Rules for AIRLab Users. These documents are written in Italian: if you aren't able to read them, ask the Teacher responsible for your Project to translate for you the parts concerning your work.

• You must then request a user account for the AIRWiki (if you haven't got one yet). For that, you can ask your Teacher or follow the instructions on the Main Page.

• As soon as you have an AIRWiki account, you must fill in your user page with your personal data. To do that, log in to the AIRWiki (just use the link on top right of the Main Page), then click on the "people" link in the "navigation" tab on the left to go to the Special:Listusers page. There you will find a list of user pages: look for your own (yes, there it is!). Click on the link and fill in the page. The data you are required to put in are: first name, surname, "numero di matricola", name of the Teacher(s) you work with, name of the project(s) you are working on (or have worked on in the past), and your photo. You can copy the layout of other user pages (some of them include a fine table for all the data) if you prefer: just go to the 'edit' tab of those pages and copy all that you need into the 'edit' tab of your page (I said COPY, not CUT: be careful not to alter other people's pages).

• Subsequently, you must set up an AIRWiki page for the Project you are about to start working on (if someone else didn't already do that: check for that on the Projects page). Don't worry, it's very easy: just follow the instructions you find here: Projects#HOWTO_add_a_new_project_to_the_AIRWiki. Remember to put a link to the page of your Project(s) in your user page!

• Then, you have to fill in the Access Registration Form, specifying which AIRLab sites (see The Labs) you need to enter. Sign it and have the Teacher responsible for your Project sign it. Note that by signing the form you declare that you have read the document "Safety norms for AIRLab users" (so be sure to ACTUALLY HAVE READ IT!).

• Once the form is signed by you and your Teacher, it has to be verified and signed by professor Bonarini, head of the AIRLab. This step has been made mandatory to check that people actually fill in their AIRWiki pages, as students tended to "forget" that :-( . Send an e-mail at bonarini (at) elet (dot) polimi (dot) it with "access to AIRLab" as subject to ask him when you can go to his office for the signature.

• Now the Access Registration Form have to be signed by the head of the Informatics Section too. Just leave the form to the Secretaries on the first floor of the Department of Electronics and Information, and come back in a day or two (they will tell you exactly when).

• Finally, leave the form (complete with all of the above precious signatures) and your student's ID card to Mrs. Ivanov (DEI, 3rd floor). In this way you will be registered as an authorized AIRLab user, and your ID card will become a door opener for the AIRLab sites you requested. This step usually requires a week.

* * * * * You are now allowed to access the AIRLab!! * * * * *

HOW TO connect your laptop to the Internet

If you own a laptop computer, you can request an authorization to connect it to the (wired) LAN of the Department of Electronics and Information (DEI). This allows connecting to all the online resources of the DEI and to the internet. You will need to fill in this form and return it to the network administrators' office (DEI, 1st floor, Sardi or Busnelli). You will have to specify the MAC address of your network interface card: instructions about how to get it are given in the form.

NOTE: if you often work in AIRLab/Lambrate, you can also get an account to use the Linux PCs available there; this will give you a home directory (accessible from any of those PCs) and internet access. This is completely separate from access to DEI's LAN: you can require such an account by writing an e-mail to prof. Matteucci.