Available Access Points
 

 

Wireless Access Point Locations

Sewanee's public wireless access points are listed below.  Public areas with wireless access should have a sign with the Sewanee "Wireless Zone" logo displayed.  


Locations Currently Providing Wireless Access

  • Alumni House
  • Ayres Multiculture Center
  • Benedict Dorm
  • Bishop's Common
  • Cannon Dorm
  • Carnegie (top two floors)
  • Cleveland Dorm
  • Cravens
  • duPont Library
  • Elliott Dorm
  • Emery Dorm
  • EMT House
  • EQB Center
  • Fowler Center (Office Area)
  • Fraternities (9 out of 11)
  • French House
  • Fulford Hall
  • Gailor Hall
  • German House
  • Guerry Hall
  • Hamilton Hall
  • Hoffman Dorm
  • Humphreys Dorm
  • Kappa Sigma House
  • McClurg Dining Hall
  • Nabit Art Center
  • Quintard Dorm
  • Rebels Rest
  • Russian House
  • Sewanee Inn (Lower half)
  • St. Lukes Dorm
  • Stirling's Coffee House
  • Sororities (8 out of 9)
  • Spanish House
  • The Globe
  • Trezevant Dorm
  • University Housing 105, 106, 107, 108
  • Walsh-Ellett

Factors Affecting Wireless Access 

Please be aware that many factors can affect wireless access.  Wireless data networks, like Sewanee's, that use the 802.11b standard, operate in the 2.4GHz frequency band.  Walls and obstacles can limit operating ranges and prevent users from connecting to the wireless network.  Signals generally will not penetrate metal or concrete walls.  Even trees and leaves can partially or entirely block a signal. 

 

Other factors that reduce range and affect coverage area include metal studs in walls, concrete fiberboard walls, aluminum siding, foil-backed insulation inside walls or beneath siding, pipes and electrical wiring, and furniture. 

 

Potential sources of interference include other wireless equipment such as 2.4GHz cordless phones, microwaves, Bluetooth wireless, some wireless cameras, radio transmitters, and other electrical equipment.