Boston University Medical Center Library

Connecting to the BU Campus Network

Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) students, faculty, staff, residents, and other users who have a BU login name and Kerberos password can access licensed online resources from home or other off-campus locations through a new authentication service called EZproxy. These resources include electronic journals, textbooks, electronic indexes, and other Web-based tools. Users no longer need the VPN or Proxy Server to access our resources.

If you need a BU login name and Kerberos password, send an email to Ron Tate (rtate@bu.edu) from a valid BMC email account. This email must include your first name, last name, email address, and department or school. If you have a BU ID, please include the UID number in your email as well.

For more information on EZproxy, please visit in the Office of Information Technology’s page at http://www.bu.edu/proxy.

If you are having trouble connecting to our electronic resources, please visit the EZproxy Frequently Asked Questions Page or contact the Reference Desk at refquest@bu.edu or (617) 638-4228, Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.

If you previously configured your web browser with the Proxy Server, click here for information on how to remove those settings.

Wireless Access to the BU Campus Network

Wireless Internet connections are available in the Alumni Medical Library and throughout the campus on the 802.1x Network. Connecting to the BUMC Wireless Network (802.1x) requires a BU login name and Kerberos password or PPP account. To set up a BU login name and Kerberos password for BMC users, visit http://www.medlib.bu.edu/computing/acs.cfm.

If your BU account was created prior to April 2008, the BUMC Wireless Network requires a one-time authentication of your BU account at https://www.bu.edu/computing/accounts/ad/kpw (you should be automatically redirected to this page through your browser the first time you log into the Wireless Network).

The instructions for configuring your computer to use the 802.1x Wireless System are below:

For more information on configuring your Wireless access, visit http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/wireless/.

Wireless Printing

To print from your laptop to library printers, visit the LRC (room 1109) to install the needed print software from a CD.

Connecting to a Networked Drive from Off-Campus

BUMC Shared Drives and internal websites require that you authenticate from off-campus before use with the Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Client.

For more information about the VPN Client or to download it to your desktop, go to: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/bumc-oit/network/vpn/.

For more information about options for connecting to the BU network, contact Ron Tate (617) 638-4576 or rtate@bu.edu at the Library LRC, the Personal Computing Support Center at (617) 353-7272 or (617)353-PCSC, or go to http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/internetaccess/.