CalNet
Email
| Task
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URL
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Your email addresses
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Remarks
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| create bMail account
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https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/create_account
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jane.doe@berkeley.edu
jdoe@math.berkeley.edu
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- requires CalNet authentication
- you have to accept the terms of service
- your @math alias is created by department
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| access email from computer
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https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/
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jane.doe@berkeley.edu
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- requires CalNet authentication
- accept the terms of service when login the first time
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| acquire @math email alias and Unix login
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jdoe@math.berkeley.edu
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| create @math alias (i.e. send emails from your @math alias)
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https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/
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jdoe@math.berkeley.edu
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- click on the "gear" icon in the right corner of bMail screen
- click on "See all settings"
- select the Accounts tab
- click "Add another email address"
- enter your @math address in the "Email address" field.
- ensure "Treat as an alias." is checked, and click "Next Step".
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| make @math alias default
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https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/
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jdoe@math.berkeley.edu
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- click on the "gear" icon in the right corner of bMail screen
- click on "See all settings"
- select the Accounts tab
- find your @math alias in the "Send mail as" section and click on the link "make default"
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| get on mail list
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https://groups.google.com/my-groups
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faculty@math.berkeley.edu
postdoc@math.berkeley.edu
allgrads@math.berkeley.edu
visitors@math.berkeley.edu
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| check expiry information
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https://calnetweb.berkeley.edu/calnet-people/info-new-users/grace-periods
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jane.doe@berkeley.edu
jdoe@math.berkeley.edu
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your CalNet (and bMail) account expires after a predefined grace period
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| join alumni network
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https://cal.berkeley.edu/
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jane.doe@berkeley.edu
jdoe@math.berkeley.edu
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if you are a UC Berkeley alum your may join alumni network @Cal and get your "lifetime"
- bMail account @berkeley.edu
- @math.berkeley.edu alias
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Web
| Task
|
URL
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Remarks
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| read department web pages
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http://math.berkeley.edu
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- no authentication required
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| edit your official page
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/people/path-to-your-page
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- replace path-to-your-page with the path to your page, e.g. faculty/jane-doe
- requires CalNet Authentication
- click on Edit tab of the page you own
- upload photo, add link, etc.
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| create/edit your personal page
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/~your-unix-login
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- replace your-unix-login with your Unix login name, e.g. jdoe
- create public_html folder in your Unix home
- create/edit index.html file in the above folder
- make sure the file/folder permissions are right
- read more in the Webpage Guide
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Printing
Public Printers
Printing Tasks
Additional printing instructions available at Mathematics Public Printing
| Task
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Commands
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Remarks
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| print a document from a GUI application (e.g. standalone PDF reader)
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- press Ctrl-P (in Unix or Windows)
- press Command-P (in MacOS)
- select the queue name from the above list of public printers
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- please consider the environment before printing
- printing books is not allowed
- use Canon copiers for instructional jobs
- when printing many copies of an item, print one copy, then use the copiers to create the rest
- send large jobs to one of Canon printers
- use two-sided printing option (save trees)
- sometimes, a (malformed) PDF document won't print from the web browser, but prints OK from a standalone PDF viewer (e.g. Mac Preview or Linux Document Viewer)
- the Canon printers won't print A4 paper size PDF documents without shrinking or cropping the documents to fit the US Letter size
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| print a document from Unix command line
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- replace queue with the queue name from the above list of public printers
- replace file with the file path of the document to print
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| check the print queue status from Unix command line
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- replace queue with the queue name from the above list of public printers
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| cancel the job from Unix command line
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- replace job with the job number from the above output of lpq command
- you have to own the job in order to able to cancel it
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| add a printer to personal Windows computer
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- go to Add Printer dialogue
- click "The printer that I want isn't listed"
- under "Select a shared printer by name"
- use the "Printer Queue URL" from the above list of public printers
- for driver, and select "Microsoft", then "Microsoft PS Class Driver" (see remarks)
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- do not use PCL printer drivers, use Postscript drivers instead
- it is recommended to install the HP universal Postscript driver for HP printers
- it is recommended to install the Canon Postscript driver for imageRunner Advance printers
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| add a printer to personal Mac computer
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- go to the list of printers in System Preferences
- click on + sign
- click on the IP tab
- select IPP protocol
- type printserver.math.berkeley.edu in Address
- type printers/queue in Queue
- type queue in Name
- select Generic Postscript Printer
- click on Add button and check the Duplex Printing Unit
- click on OK button
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- replace queue with the queue name from the above list of public printers
- Generic Postscript driver generally works fine for both HP and Canon printers but does not support some features
- download and install a proper Canon Postscript driver if you want to use the stapler function
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Network
| Network
|
Type
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URL
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Remarks
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| eduroam
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WiFi
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https://technology.berkeley.edu/wi-fi
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- requires (eduroam) authentication
- encrypted (secure) network
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| Ethernet
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wired
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- requires hardware (a.k.a. MAC) address registration
- student personal computers are not eligible for wired network access
- faculty and long term visitors should send the office number and MAC address of their computer Ethernet port to request@math.berkeley.edu
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| VPN
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virtual private network
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https://security.berkeley.edu/services/bsecure/bsecure-remote-access-vpn
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- creates secure tunnel to campus network from off-campus locations
- requires installation of GlobalProtect VPN client on your personal device
- requires 2-step CalNet authentication while establishing VPN connection
- remember the name of VPN server vpn.berkeley.edu
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Public Unix Servers
| Name
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Resources
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Purpose
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Remarks
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| login.math.berkeley.edu
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8 CPU cores, 8GB RAM
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SSH gateway
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- Good for
- Worldwide access to Unix shell command line interface (CLI)
- Text editing, emailing, Tex/LaTeX writing
- Worldwide SCP/SFTP access to home directory
- Access to personal web pages ~/public_html
- Access to other otherwise unreachable public servers
- Not so good for
- Any serious computing
- Graphics user interface (GUI)
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| twiggy.math.berkeley.edu
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32 CPU cores, 92GB RAM
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Virtual desktop (thin client server)
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- Good for
- Graphics user interface (GUI) access (via thin clients)
- Worldwide access to Unix shell command line interface (CLI) and graphics user interface (GUI) (via X2Go and TigerVNC client)
- Internet browsing, emailing, Tex/LaTeX writing
- Interactive scientific computing
- Access to commercial scientific software
- High performance computing (via SSH Access to beyonce)
- Not so good for
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| beyonce.math.berkeley.edu
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64 CPU cores, 224GB RAM
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High performance computing
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- Good for
- Parallel computing
- Non-interactive computational jobs (via screen utility)
- CLI access to scientific (including commercial) software
- Application programming: C/C++, Fortran, Python, R, etc.
- Temporary storage of massive computational data
- Not so good for
- GUI computing
- Supercomputing
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Non-free Math Software
| Name
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Servers
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Can be installed on personal computer?
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Licensing Model
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Remarks
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| MATLAB
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beyonce.math.berkeley.edu twiggy.math.berkeley.edu
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Yes (see remarks)
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Campus wide license, see https://software.berkeley.edu/matlab. Department pays for server licenses. Personal licenses are not covered.
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- Access from thin client computer
- Terminal: use
matlab -nojvm command from Unix shell
- GUI: find "matlab" in the Applications menu
- Remote access via SSH
- See SSH Access, use terminal command
matlab
- Installation on personal computer (non-free)
- Get the chart string (COA) from your research administrator
- Follow appropriate link on Software Central MATLAB page
- Install MATLAB after getting personal activation key
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| Mathematica
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beyonce.math.berkeley.edu twiggy.math.berkeley.edu
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Yes
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Campus wide license, see https://software.berkeley.edu/mathematica. Department pays for its share including personal licenses.
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- Access from thin client computer
- Terminal: use
math command from Unix shell
- GUI: find "mathematica" in the Applications menu
- Remote access via SSH
- See SSH Access, use terminal command
math
- Installation on personal computer
- Follow appropriate link on Software Central Mathematica page
- Install Mathematica after getting personal activation key
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| Alpha Pro
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Wolfram Alpha cloud
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N/A
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Campus wide license, see https://software.berkeley.edu/mathematica. Access to Alpha Pro is covered by department.
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- Access from any computer with browser (sign in required)
- http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/
- Getting personal account
- Fill the web form at Wolfram User Portal
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| Maple
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beyonce.math.berkeley.edu twiggy.math.berkeley.edu
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No
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Department site license. Department covers (local area network) floating licenses.
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- Access from thin client computer
- Terminal: use
maple command from Unix shell
- GUI: find "maple" in the Applications menu
- Remote access via SSH
- See SSH Access, use terminal command
maple
- Installation on office computer connected to Ethernet
- Send request to request@math.berkeley.edu
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| MAGMA
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beyonce.math.berkeley.edu
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No
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Department site license sponsored by Simons Institute.
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- Access from thin client computer
- Terminal only: use
magma command from Unix shell
- Remote access via SSH
- See SSH Access, use terminal command
magma
- Installation on office computer connected to Ethernet
- Send request to request@math.berkeley.edu
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