1. Physics Network Integration
Chris Hunter

2. Physics network team Chris Hunter : Network Manager
David Newton : Network Support Technician
Room DWB 663
Phone 73501

3. What we do? Manage and monitor the Physics network
Physics Firewall
Activating network ports / repair of network ports
Monitoring network traffic flows
Wireless system Physics_S
Adds and changes to the Physics phone system
new VoIP system to be introduced 2nd quarter 2017 in the DWB and Theoretical Physics, rest of the department 4th quarter 2017
Swipe card system, swipe and proximity

4. Network Sockets & Concentration Points
Not all sockets are live, please contact with the port label and room number.
Please do not connect any CAT5 wall sockets together as shown in the picture.
Please register personal laptops at
16 network concentration points (NCP’s) in the Denys Wilkinson Building alone.
Level 2 NCP hub of the Physics network with 2 x 10Gb fibre connections going to each of the Physics buildings.
All wall sockets are capable 1Gb/s connections.
Backbone connection currently 1Gb/s due to be upgraded to 10Gb/s 24/10/2016
University backbone is currently 2x(2x10Gb/s), a redundant active passive pair giving 20Gb/s total.
Telephone adaptors.

5. Physics Wireless Network
Local Wifi is available in all public areas within Physics via the SSID Physics_S, we do not guarantee that all offices are covered due to cost constraints.
If you are shifting large amounts of data it is better to use the wired network.
Anyone with a Physics network account can connect.
Clients connected to the Physics_S wireless network are part of the /16 subnet, with 802.1x authentication.
Help on connecting to Physics_S can be found at

6. OUCS wireless network
OWL-VISITOR and OWL-VPN are available, via the OWL ssid.
Eduroam is available, connect using your Remote Access Account, different from your SSO or Nexus account
Details about both OWL & Eduroam at

7. Access to Physics Services remotely
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
vpn.physics.ox.ac.uk works with Microsoft, Linux and OSX clients, uses Physics authentication domain help at
Best to setup Windows client with Automatic as the VPN type, the client will then try a number of VPN types, our VPN server supports PPTP and SSTP, PPTP often gets blocked a the client end because the required GRE protocol is blocked.
We have issues with new installs of macOS Sierra working with SSTP which we are still looking to resolve
IT services VPN details at

8. Access to Physics Services remotely
Webdav
Client independent access to Windows files (download only) is available via a web browser using the URL
Windows clients allow access to a webdav server by defining a network location in the Windows File Explorer.
OSX clients, in the finder use the connect to server option, connecting to the URL above.
Access to Particle Physics drives (/home/data)

9. Access to Physics Services remotely
WinSCP
Available on Physics Self Service on managed Windows systems.

10. Access to Physics Services remotely
Remote Desktop RDP (screen sharing)
Connection to Managed Windows clients is available from the Remote Desktop Client in Windows XP onwards.
Terminal Services
We have a number of multi-user servers available Windows, Linux and Mac.

11. Network Security
Connecting unmanaged systems to the Physics Cable Network
Unmanaged systems first need to be registered at
During registration your will agree that
Your system if fully patched
Your system is running a Firewall
You are running an up-to-date anti virus program
Be careful when opening s, look out for phishing s.

12. Network Security Sophos Anti Virus Software
Updates, out of date AV is no use
Download Sophos for personal laptops running:-
Sophos 10.3 for XP, Vista, Windows7 and 8 at
Linux at
Free Sophos for Mac OS X

13. Connecting to Nexus email
Web mail available at using Internet Explorer and Firefox currently.
Configuring clients and using Nexus

14. Access to Physics Services from unmanaged systems
Printing from a Windows
Mac Printing
Linux Printing

15. Physics self service
Under Programs\Physics Self Service

16. FAQ’s http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/it/mswindows/faq.htm

17. Questions?

18. Backup Slides

20. Edge Switch Upgrades 48 x 1Gb/s + 2 x 10Gb/s SFP+ Ports
Switch stacking up to 8 switches via HDMI cables at speeds of > 10.2 Gbit/s
Port Based Authentication, 802.1x and Mac Address Bypass (MAB)
Port based Access Control Lists (ACL’s)

21. Physics Firewall
Firewall Juniper Netscreen ISG 1000

24. Network Security Connecting unmanaged systems to the Physics Network
MAC address registration is needed before gaining any network connection for laptops on the wired network, please register at
x.x un-trusted subnet
Is your laptop up to date?
Anti Virus / spyware
Fully patched OS
Be carful when opening s, look out for phishing s
Connecting from outside of Physics
SMB blocked, no connection to windows files
MAPI access to Exchange Server blocked
SMTP blocked

25. Network Backbone Connection
Physics connection presently 1Gbps
Campus connection to Super Janet currently at 2 x 10Gbps.

26. Access to Physics Services from the un-trusted subnet or remotely
Exchange web access
Outlook Configuration
If using Outlook 2007 or 2010, then you can use the `autodiscover` feature. Basically, all it needs to know is your address (which it will already know if you are logged into the domain) and it will look up all the other information it needs. Further details can be found at
Webdav via browser or windows network locations
connects to your windows ‘H’ drive.
(Windows 7) Right click on ‘Computer’ within the file explorer, click ‘Add a network location’, type the address above into the ‘Internet or network address field’, click next, authenticate with you Physics credentials, type a name in for the network location, click finish.
Sftp + SSH
Winscp available on self service

27. Access to Physics Services from the un-trusted subnet or remotely
Windows terminal Servers
A list of servers can be found at
Remote Desktop Client (MS & MAC OSX), possible to connect to local disks, printers and serial ports (not possible to connect serial ports in OSX).
Rdesktop on Linux systems,
rdesktop <termservqc>, more for people without Windows desktop
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8 will allow remote access via terminal services, to connect to your Window desktop from outside the department connect through rdp-gateway.physics.ox.ac.uk, details can found on the address above.