Use the commands below to subscribe a device to Dormnet, to unsubscribe a device from Dormnet, to change a Princeton University Host Database entry for a device currently subscribed to Dormnet, or to clear the hardware addresses from the entry associated with a currently-unsubscribed device.
These commands may only be used for Host Database entries associated with Dormnet subscriptions. To add, change, or delete non-Dormnet entries, see Changing the Host Database (non-Dormnet).
The General Information below describes the mechanics of how your request will be processed.
Once subscribed, a device remains subscribed to Dormnet until the student unsubscribes it, with few exceptions.
This form can be used to create an additional Dormnet entry if you already have at least one existing Dormnet entry; it cannot be used to create anyone's first Dormnet entry. Creation of each student's first Dormnet entry is done automatically by OIT.
Currently-enrolled Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for Dormnet subscriptions. A Dormnet subscription provides network access for a student's personally-owned device without charge. Each Dormnet subscription supports a single device; a student with more than one device should subscribe each separately to Dormnet. A student is permitted to have more than one Dormnet subscription.
The network services provided by a Dormnet subscription are geared to the kinds of network devices normally used by client devices used by students, in particular those OIT specifically recommends.
Determination of whether a person is eligible for a Dormnet subscription is based upon that person's official University status as indicated in the online Campus Directory. Those whose status indicates they are current undergraduate and enrolled graduate students are eligible. Dormnet subscriptions are not available to other individuals. Examples of persons not eligible for Dormnet subscriptions include: faculty, staff, casual employees, special students, Degree Candidacy Continuing (DCC) students, Enrollment Terminated/Degree Candidacy Continues (ET/DCC) students. Persons not eligible to subscribe to Dormnet may obtain network service for their computing devices the usual way: by registering the devices in the Host Database as office devices.
To submit a request involving a Dormnet subscription, you must be the student with whom the Dormnet subscription is (or will be) associated. You will be prompted for your OIT LDAP Directory netid (yournetid below) and password. (Some OIT technicians are also authorized to issue these commands.)
Your netid and password are transmitted over a secure connection, using SSL or TLS. If your Web browser does not support SSL or TLS, you cannot use this service.
After you are done submitting your request, remember to log out of the Host Database Web Service by quitting from your Web browser.
Any request you submit via the Web will be processed automatically within one day (often in just a few hours).
Until your request is processed, it's not a good idea to try to submit another request affecting the same entry (e.g. a subscribe followed by a change). The second request generally won't work; wait until the first request is processed, then submit the second request.
If your request is processed successfully, a piece of email is sent to all of the Technical Contacts listed in the Host Database entry, indicating the result of processing the request. If the request is for a Dormnet subscription, normally the subscription will be fully activated within one business day of this email.
If there are any errors in processing your request, email is sent back to the person who submitted the request, describing the problem. That email is sent to yournetid@princeton.edu.
There may be rare circumstances that you need to change an entry in the Host Database, but cannot use the Web to submit the request. In those circumstances, please send email to hostmaster@princeton.edu ; in your email include both your request and the reason you could not use the Web to submit it. Requests sent by email will incur a longer delay (typically up to three business days, assuming the request contains no errors and requires no special handling).
Assistance with Dormnet and other computing topics is available from the OIT Help Desk (phone 609-258-HELP, helpdesk@princeton.edu).