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Author: Margreth Stammbach

polybox

polybox is a Dropbox-similar ETH on-campus storage.  The service offers 50 GB of storage on the ETH storage facilities. The service is available to all ETH members and is free of charge.   Please note that polybox is not a functional substitute for the ITS NAS service. In particular, synchronized folders should never contain the original file. The recommended procedure is to edit files at their original location and make a copy in the sync folder which can […]

Wired network

You can connect to the wired network with the blue network cable. If you have a Open Stage telephone (WEV and SEC building), you can connect the network cable directly to the phone instead of the UTP connection in the wall. In your office there are several UTP connections, but not all are working. If you need additional connections or network cables, please contact us. If you have a computer managed by us, you will connect […]

ETHIS

ETHIS is the ETH Zurich web portal for personalised access to data, applications and evaluations relating to finance and personnel issues. Basic authorisation All staff are entitled to an ETHIS user. Any member of staff who does not yet have an ETHIS user can open one by logging in to the ETHIS page with the nethz-login. A user will then be automatically generated with basic authorisation on the following day. The  basic tasks comprises: Time management Personal […]

WLAN

WiFi at ETH Connect to WLAN «eduroam» oder «eduroam-5» Connect to the Wi-Fi network eduroam (automatic, mobile on the go) or eduroam-5 (manual, stationary working place). Username To connect, you have to enter your ETH username complemented by one of these three appendices: @gess.ethz.ch», «@gess-sipo.ethz.ch» or «@gess-afz.ethz.ch» as for instance “gugus@gess.ethz.ch”, or “hopla@gess-sipo.ethz.ch”. Password To connect to a network (WLAN, VPN etc.) you need the network password. How to connect Please follow these instructions. How to reset Please follow these instructions if the connection is […]

VPN

We provide a way to access the ETH campus network from outside the ETH. This is a requirement to access several IT services from outside ETH locations (i.e. when you are connected to the network of an external university, a hotel WiFi network or telecommunication provider network). The technique behind that is called VPN and stands for Virtual Private Network. Please note, after you have established a VPN tunnel all network traffic (also access to non-ETH […]

Home drive

Accessing personal data Your usual data and network shares are available when you log in with your nethz-account from any managed Wndows computer and from any RDS node. Your home directory will be mapped to the same network drive as you are used to. Additionally, you can map any CIFS or SMB Network share the same way you would do it on a client computer. When working with a Remote App, you may also access data […]

Windows: Map network drive

Accessing Shares Find your group share here. Address of your personal folder: Windows: \\gess-fs.d.ethz.ch\home$\[username] Open “File Explorer” next to the “Start” button.   Select “Computer”. In order to connect to a folder click on “Map network drive” at the top of the window. Alternatively you can right click on “This PC” in the sidebar and select “Map network drive…”. A new window pops up where you can enter the path to your network drive into […]

Standard managed and additional applications

Additional software needed for windows: In case additional software is needed, the installation can be requested via:SmartDesk. If the software is available on our software distribution suite, we will assign it and it will get installed. Should the desired software not be part of our suite, we will contact you to discuss how to proceed. Additional software needed for Mac: Additional applications can be installed by the user via ETH Selfservice. Should the desired software […]

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