Using SPINACH

Spinach allows any person in the Gates Computer Science Building to gain internet access for his/her portable computer. Before starting to use SPINACH make sure that you have the following things: Now to get online follow these four simple steps.

Connect to the Network...
Connect your network interface to the public network. labelThis depends on what hardware you use.
 

Set up your Network with DHCP...
The safest way to do this is to simply reboot your computer. This should allways work. If you want something quicker and like experimenting  try:
  Start your web browser...
It has to have Secure Socket Layer. Netscape version 3 and up or Internet Explorer 3 and up work. Once you start your browser you might get an error message saying that it can't reach your home site. THis is OK, you don't have Internet access yet!



Browse to spinach.Stanford.EDU...
Go to the URL http://Spinach.Stanford.EDU and follow the instructions on the page. It will first ask you if you are a Stanford Person or guest, redirect you to WebLogin, and finally tell you the you have internet access. After that you have full internet access for a limited amount of time (normally 24 hours).
 

If it doesn't work.

First check out the  SPINACH FAQ it will probably answer your question. If not send a note to the SPINACH administrators.


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