Computers & IT

The computers in our CIP pool are accessible with your IdM ID. These are available at the beginning of the study. You can access the IdM Management web interface (to change your passwords, manage your FAUcard, e-mail forwarding etc.) at https://www.idm.fau.de code. If you have any questions, please contact IZI.

From the CIP pool it is possible to print on the UTAX multifunction device in room 0.111 and in the CIP room of the geology at a cost. This requires your FAU card, which you can recharge at the usual charging stations beforehand.

For color and b / w printing, select the appropriate printer and enter an optional access number. After the print job has been sent and processed by the UTAX, it is ready to be printed out on the device: To do this, first enter the FAU card on the device, press the order box and select the print job in it (sorted by IdM IDs). Then there select the just entered access number. Only after complete printing the amount will be debited from the FAU-Card. Submitted but not fetched print jobs are deleted during the night.

Larger formats can be printed on the plotter. The EDV Hiwis take care during their office hours. The plotter is combined with a DIN A0 single-entry scanner suitable for scanning and copying maps and larger posters. Please register large-format print or scan orders in advance with the EDV-Hiwis (email to geographie-edv@fau.de).

The price lists for the printing costs depend on the computer rooms. Scanning is possible on both the UTAX (Scan to Email and Scan to USB) and the scanner in 0.111 (first row left) without prior agreement and is free of charge.

The published usage guidelines for information processing systems of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg apply. Furthermore, the following notes must be observed:

1. Every user is responsible for the security of personal data. The institute and faculty assume no liability for the correctness of the work carried out.
2. The processing of personal data requires detailed coordination with the institute.
3. The use permit is only valid for tasks in the context of university-related applications. It is personal and non-transferable.
4. The provided software is acquired by the institute or the faculty under license agreements. It is copyrighted and may not be copied, used or distributed commercially. Violations result in substantial claims for damages.
5. For workstation computers, the following applies in particular: Access only with valid, own user ID; no games; no installation of third-party software; no changes to system data or hardware devices
6. If the conditions of use are disregarded, the license will be withdrawn immediately.
7. In case of abuse, a criminal complaint will be filed in consultation with the RRZE and, if necessary, criminal charges will be filed.

Students and employees of the FAU can receive free WLAN in the entire university area.

After the connection is established, user ID and password must be entered. If you have troubles connecting to FAU.fm, please see the hints and instructions of the RRZE for your respective operating system.

Instead you can also access the networt “eduroam” with your ID and password. Information by the RRZE on how it works can be found here.

The main task of VPN (Virtual Private Network) is to enable a safe connection to the FAU network. This is useful for the following situations:

• Use university services (e.g., UB databases or e-journals) through a third party service provider (e.g., from home)
• Connecting from an external conference over insecure networks
• As a guest of another institution you need access to your data at the FAU

The VPN servers of the RRZE are basically available to all university members, including you as students. Instructions can be found here.

All students have access to the university intern cloud storage called FAUbox, where they can store up to 50 GB. Oppose to Dropbox or similar alternatives, the FAUbox operates under the german data privacy regulations and even allows end to end encryption, if needed. The FAUbox can be accessed from anywhere and can also be used to share data.

For login use your IDM identification.

Every student with an IDM-Account can use them for free.

The EDP assistants are there to help you. Click here for our office hours.

Each user has a personal drive called U: , where everything should be stored.

The storage limit is 100 GB per user (can be expanded in case of scientific necessity). The drive U: can be accessed from every computer at the institute.

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For comfortable use from home or sharing data use the FAUbox as explained above. It works similar to “Dropbox”. Click here to get to the FAUbox documentation and here to get to the FAUbox itself.

No! The computers have numerous programs preinstalled, dedicated for scientific use and internet research.

The EDP Team keeps a box where all found items are gathered. In order to retrieve them, visit the EDP office (room 0.124) during the office hours as shown above.

Get in contact with the EDP Team in the EDP office of per mail. Please notice, that the EDP just provides help with getting the computers working but not on how software works.